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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



In order that tlie list may be used intelligently we should kno-w; concern- 

 ing the size, shape, color, quality, and uses of the varieties, and we can do- 

 no better than to insert the descriptions as given in the State Horticultural 

 society's Fruit List for 1888. For a more extended list of the large fruits, 

 the public is referred to that publication, and in Bulletin 55, issued from 

 this department, is a valuable list of small fruits, prepared by T. T. Lyon, 

 who is in charge of our sub-station at South Haven. 



Even with the assistance of such a list as is here presented, a judicious 

 selection requires a knowledge of the requirements of the different varieties 

 and their adaptation to particular soils, and above all a careful considera- 

 tion of the purposes for which one is planting. 



In planting for home use it is desirable that such a selection be made as 

 will furnish a succession throughout the season; and if it can be so 

 arranged that tw^o kinds mature at the same time, it will furnish variety, 

 and is an end worth striving for. While hardiness, vigor and productive- 

 ness should be secured, theqiiah'fij of the fruit, especially if for dessert 

 purposes, should not be overlooked. 



For market purposes a similar selection is desirable with small fruits and 

 with cherries, plums, peaches, and to a certain extent with pears ; and under 

 certain conditions a small apple orchard with a proper selection of varie- 

 ties ripening in succession may prove very profitable. Asa rule, however, 

 it will be found preferable to select one, two, or perhaps three varieties that 

 succeed well on similar soils and confine the planting to this number for 

 the commercial apple orchard. These varieties shoidd have their hardi- 

 ness, vigor, and productiveness developed to a high degree, the fruit should 

 be of good size and of an attractive form and color. In the selection of 



FRUIT CATALOGUE FOR 1890. 



ABBREVIATIONS, APPLICABLE THROUGHOUT THE CATALOGUE. 

 Size. Quality. Adhesion. 



1. large, 



ni. medium. 



s. small. 



V. very. 



b. best. 

 g. good. 

 V. very. 



c. cling, 

 f. free. 



SECTION I — APPLES. 



ABBREVIATIONS FOR THIS SECTION. 



Form. 



a. angular. 



c. conical. 



f. flattened. 



1. lop sided or oblique. 



o. oblong, 



ob. oblate or obtuse. 



ov. oval or ovate. 



r. roundish. 



