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places. The man who has much interest in the future of his reserve tim- 

 ber lot will not use it for a pasture." 



Reader, if not already done, will you not plant a grove this year, or do 

 something to induce some of your friends to plant one? The writer will 

 be glad to give any further instructions in his power on this subject, and 

 would consider it a favor to receive a postal card from any who con- 

 template a grove. 



Dr. W. J. BEAL, 

 Prof, of Botany and Forestry, 

 and one of the directors of ttie State Forestry Conimission. 

 March 20, 1889. 



MICHIGAN FRUIT LIST AND APPLE SCAB REMEDIES. 



Balletin No. 59, Horticultoral Department. 



The soil and climate of Michigan are well adapted to fruitgrowing, and 

 her commercial interests in that line are very large. In addition to the 

 fruit grown for market, every person who owns a suitable acre of land should 

 be able to provide fruit for his family use the year round. 



The number of varieties from which one must choose is so large 

 that, unless a person is well informed as to their comparative merits, his 

 selection will be a poor one; and however intelligently he may care for 

 them, his efforts will only result in failure. 



In the report of the State Horticultural society for 1888 will be found 

 a full list of such varieties as succeed well in this state ; their dessert, cook- 

 ing, and market qualities are shown on a scale of one to ten, and their value 

 for different portions of the state is indicated by one or more asterisks. 



These reports are possessed by a comparatively few farmers, and it is 

 thought best to include in this bulletin a short list of fruits that are desir- 

 able, both for home planting and market. 



In order that we might have accurate information regarding the kinds 

 that succeed in the different localities, blanks were sent to one hundred of 

 the leading fruitgrowers in various parts of the state, and they were 

 requested to fill these out, giving such lists of varieties as they found val- 

 uable for home use and market. Returns were received from a large num- 

 ber of them, and the results were compiled and form the body of this list. 

 I may add that in several instances the list was discussed by the county 

 horticultural societies, and although it only is regarded as one vote, it is 

 based on the experience of perhaps seventy-five or one hundred. 



We believe that this, being the verdict of some two or three hundred 

 fruitgrowers, will be more reliable than anything that could be prepared 

 by one person. 



The returns m- ere classified into five groups, giving fruit lists for southern, 

 central and northern Michigan, the southern and northern lake shore. 

 Under them will be seen the number of reports received from each section, 

 and the number of votes for each variety. In a number of instances, where 

 a variety does not receive more than one vote in any section, it is left out 

 entirely. 



