The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1879-05-08

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from Col. Folks Handbook
Fruits Adapted to our Climate
ana Soil.
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Early Rivers.-First shipment the
l4th June. Sold at 81. 50 to s. per
crate of 3 pecks.
Large Early Rivers. Ripe with
above. Sold at Sc per crate.
Early Louise.-First shipment the
18th June. Sold at SO to So per crate.
Hale's Early.-Firs shipment 18th
June. Sod from So to 81 per crate.
Early Tillotson. First shipment oath
June. Half bushel crates from this
date sold at 81. Is to 81 0 per crate.
Coles Early First shipment 9th
June. Sold at ST. 90 to 81. 80 per half
bushel crate.
Troth's Early First shipment 9th
June, sold for 81. 90 to 81 o per half
bushel crate.
Amelia. First shipment lst July
Early Red Cling.-First shipment
5th July-Sl.2 % to 81. 50 per ! bushel
crate.
Royal Kensington. First shipment
9Th July-Sl.25 to 81. 80 per J bushel
crate.
George IV.-First shipment 9TH July
-sl.25 to 50. 80 per ! bushel crate.
Yellow Rareripe-First shipment Sth
July-S2.OO per } bushel crate.
Crawford's Early.-Fi;s shipment
10th July-Sl. 80 to 50. 80 per bushel
crate.
Stump the World. First shipment
18th July-S2. 80 to $500 per : bushel
crate.
White Newington Cling.-First ship
ment 18th July-$2.OO to S2.25 per !
bushel crate.
Chinese Cling.-First shipment 18th
July-$2. 30 to $500 per J bushel crate.
Yellow Alberge. First shipment 18th
July-$l.7 10 to $40 per J bushel crate.
Large Newington Cling.-First ship
ment 10Th July-Sl.75 to 800 per
bushel crate.
Old Nixon Free.-First shipment
22d July-sl.25 to Sl.75 per J bushel
crate.
Stevens Late Rareripe.- First ship
ment Sth August-Sl.25 to 81. 80 per J
bushel crate.
Salway.-First shipment 10th Au-
gust-$2.0 90 to 50. % per / bushel crate.
AS the spring of 1873 was unusually
forward, all the above varieties ripened
very early. The dates given above
show when the different kinds began to
ripen, and they would last from 10 days
to three weeks.
June Pears.-Madeline, Early Sugar,
Doyeum de Etc, Boykin's June, Beum
Clifford.
July Pears. -Osband's Summer, OFT,
Bloodgood, Tyson, Rostiezer, Clapp's
FavOrite, Deerborn's Seeding.
august Pears.-Barelett, Brandy
wine, Belle Lucrative, Kingsessing,
Manning's Elizabeth, Chaplin.
September Pears. -Duchess de An
gouleme, Buffum, Seekel, Louise Bonnie
de Jersey, Howell, Beurre de Anjou,
Flemish Beauty.
October and NocemJer Pears-Beurre
Diel, Glout Moroccan, Beurre Clair
gean.
Norembey and December Pears.-Law-
renee, Winter Nellis, Vicar of Wake
field.
A Reliable Winter Pear for General
Use.-Easter Beurre.
The Morgan is also a fine pear and a
good keeper and is said to be a native
of North Carolina.
Plums.-Wild Goose, Jefferson, I'm
perial White Gage, Egg, Goes Golden
Drop, General Hand.
Nectarines-Early Violet, New White,
Boston, Hunts Tawney.
Apricots. Royal, Peach, Turkey.
MoOrpark, Large Early.
Cherries.-Hearts and Bigarreans,
Elton, Early Purple Guigue, knights
Early Black, Black Tartarian, yellow
Spanish, Black Heart, Rockport Bigar-
a Black Eagle, Goes Transparent,
Belle de Orleans, Napoleon Bigarren,
Governor Wood.
Duke Cherries.-May Duke, Belle ct
Magnitique, Late Duke, Refine Hor-
tense, Belle de Chalsey.
-NoretO Cherries. -k.arIy Richmond,
English Mvleiio.
Quinces.-Orange, Rea's Mammoth.
Almonds. -Hardshell.
Figs.-Brown Turkey, Celestial,
Marseilles, Black Brunswick.
Erer-Bearing Multerries for Raising
and Fattening Hogs, Also gocd for
Poultry Large Black-the best Red, |
Large White, Small Black, Purple.
Grapes.-Concord,* Delaware Ives
Seeding Diana, Hartford Prolific
Iona, CLINTON, Salem, Catawba,* Martha
Scuppernong, Rebecca,
Flowers. Enmelan.
Thomas,
Mish,
*Most profitable bunch grapes.
Raspberries. -Brandywine Red, Doc
little, Black, Philadelphia, Red, David
SON S Thorniess, Black Mammoth Clus-
ter, Black, Seneca, Black.
Currents. -Red Dutch, Cherry,
White Dutch, Victoria, White Grape.
La. Nersailiaise.
Goo~Gerries .-Houghton' Seeding.
Strouberries.-Nunan's Prolific, Mon