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tion ago may under modern methods
prove tractable and profitable" This
seems to he an acknowledgment Of the
fact that the introducers Of some very
| good varieties were so modes, as To
use bait not sufficiently alluring. or
that growers were too phlegmatic to
be impressed with a reasonable and
| carefully guarded. truthful description
OF really good thing. Or that pur-
chasers who did not understand the
| cultivation required condemned aud
discarded the new variety. After all
1t seems that to err is human and that
| due allowance should therefore he
be made for the nurseryman or intro
ducer as well as for the gardeners,
In apples Deacon Jones heads the
list. The tree is thrifty. comes into
bearing young. is very productive and
an annual bearer. The fruit hang.
we'll to the tree. eliminating waste from
wndfalls and Culis. comes into bear
ing at the age of four years and has
not missed a crop for fifteen years. A
good shipper.
Delicious is puffed more than IN tho
catalogues of the nurscryman who in
| troduccd ii. It's few faults are tn water
| core and readiness to Infection by tho
spores OF apple scab To water core IS
no objection for home orchards. Chi'-
dren always feel they have n prize
when water core apple is found Dc.
| licious Is not unqualiiiedy rccon-
mended to commercial growers, but IL
desirable for the home orchard
Opalescent Is an attractive apple. In
| color a brilliant red on a yellow back
ground of good quality.
Lucy Duke is the only pear sner-
ty, i,fi iS hnp
+ some dessert pear. recommended for
| local and fancy markets and for homs
consumption and is said To he blight
proof, which is important if true. on"
of our leading nurserymcn. the lato
| Thomas Meehan. twenty-five wears ago
said of this pear: "It is tho finest
| large pear In cultivation" hut horticul
turists were a long while in taking this
bait This pear was grown about 1900
by Mrs. Lucy Duke Of Beaufort county,
| North Carolina, from seed Of a CALI
fornia bartlett.
Amateur gardeners who haVe> the
! room will find pleasure in raislng seed
| ing fruits. Very few. to he sure. pro-
duce results superior to the old va
reties. and possibly seldom equally as
good. but the interest and pleasure in
watching the seedlings grow aud dc
|
fruit far more than pays for the effort
Now and then a new and superior
variety will he produced that viii be ~
source of pride and satisfaction and pos
sihly profit.
Three peaches are recommended.
Arp Beauty as the earliest good yellow
peach A cling stone. a month tn five
weeks earlier than the E.lberta
| Frances is recommended as a VARIETY
to follow Elberta, with better culprcd
fruit Elberta is acknowledged to hs
| the greatest of all peaches.
Miss Lola fruiting after Mamie Ross
and Greensboro. SURPRISING both those
in appearance and quality. and pre-
ccdes Champion. a free stone.
Four plums are placed in tlr first
class in the following order: Imperial
Epineuse. not surpassed hy any other
plum in the prune group. This plum
is also known as Claricc Mammoth.
! Middleburc, 50 remarkable that the
I wonder is that it has SO long escaped
the attention of nlum growers This
| plum is not mentioned in any pprno-
logical textbook. though i has prob
ably been in existence for fifty Years.
| Its valuable points are color. ripeus
| late hangs to the tree we'll. keeps long
and the trees are free from black knot
and brown rot. Trees are robust,
healthy. hardy and productive.
! Pearl is of rich golden color. hl-s
: size of sweet luscious flavor, rrcpu-
mcndcd as one Of the best dessert pluns.
Not a heavy bearer at the New York
experiment station In other soils and
localities it may do better in this
respect.
! Tenant. purple plum popular ~
the Pacific Northwest The 'rc" is
large. vigorous, healthy, hardy and
! productive
The Schmidt cherry is NOT rccclVtn:
the attention is deserves from rpm-u"r-
cial cherry growers in New Work state.
II is one of the best market varieties
of black sweet cherries. The fruit IS
large, round and plump, of beautiful
black color crisp. firm, juicy and sweet
rich flavor, delicious to the taste.
! The BerCkmans grape should hc more
generally grown. The fru!t is like lie
Delaware and the vine like TIA" CLINTON.
/ The fruit keeps and ships better than
the Delaware
Dclgo is an old variety passing from
cultivation and should bc retained. rs
it is one of the latest keeping grapes
and is the firmest heshcd
Eclipse, while a black grape. is
Seeding Of Niagara and Il riaudchld
of Concord. which il resembles, hrlnr
earlier and of "A better quality. The
vines are hardy. healthy and prodIc-
! tive.
or the raspbrrrirS June Is superior
To the older red varieties. Tho plants
are hardy and healthy. the Yield 10
| heavy and distributed over "A long sea
son, fruiting earlier than any other
variety, the first fruit ready for pick
ing in June. Tho fruit resembles lou-
don in color and larger than the Cuth-
! bert.
} Plum Farmer Is an early ripcnin2,
black raspberry, bearing large frui of
! good color and high quality.
! Perfection Currant, bearing hGht, red
| fruit, is superior to Fay or Cherry IN
flavor and quality. The Diploma Is
| light red currant. more transparent
than any other variety. Appears to h"
juicier than most currants.
Poorman gooseberry is one of the best
at the experimental station. two bushes
producing over seven pounds of fruit
each.
The Prolific strawberry Is a Seeding
produced at the experiment station. It's