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luvvard the sun, and numerous brown dots; llcsh buUer). and nicUing 

 and with a rich flavor, but frequently poor; ripens in winter. Howell ; 

 rather large, light yellow, frequently with a handsome cheek; moder- 

 ately rich ffavor and somewhat variable in quality; ripens in early fall, 

 Kieffer; everybody knows the Kieffer and all have condemned it at 

 one time or another, but, like the old Ben Davis Apple, it con- 

 tinues to turn up in the markets to a larger extent than any other 

 sort. Lawrence; size medium, lemon-yellow, with numerous small 

 dots ; very good flavor ; ripens in early winter. Louise Bonne, (also 

 called Louise Bonne de Jersey) ; large, flesh yellowish-white, juicy 

 and fine ; hardly of the best quality, but very productive; a fall variety, 

 Mt. Vernon ; medium, dull brownish russet, with a red cheek ; rich 

 flavor ; ripens in fall and keeps well. Seckel ; small skin brownish- 

 green, becoming rich yellowish-brown, with red cheek; the richest and 

 highest flavored pear known ; a summer and fall variety. Seldon ; 

 medium, or large, flesh coarse, but juicy and brisk flavored; ripens in 

 fall. Winter Nelis ; size small or medium, sweetly aromatic, with ex- 

 cellent flavor ; a winter variety. New varieties not generally tested 

 are, Krull, Koonce, Lincoln and Sudduth. 



Kieffer and Bartlett are usually classed as self-sterile, but the de- 

 gree of sterility varies in diflferent places and under different condi- 

 tions. Probably any variety will fertilize any other variety in case 

 the two bloom at the same time. The safest plan in setting a pear 

 orchard is to plant not more than two rows of one variety together, 

 and to alternate with one or two rows of another variety. The most 

 popular variety in the eastern Pear district is the Bartlett, with the 

 Kiefifer holding second place. With these growers the Seckel is a 

 prominent variety, and is the standard of quality. 



The Duchess is the best dwarf. It sells on account of its size, for it 

 is of indifferent quality. Other popular dwarfs are, Louise Bonne, 

 Anjou, Clairgeau, Manning Elizabeth, and, to a less extent, Bartlett 

 and Seckel. 



VARIETIES OF PLUMS. 



At the Station we have 15 varieties of plums that are fruiting. 

 The most of this number are European sorts, but there are a goodly 

 number of American varieties and some of the leading varieties of 

 Japan, This is only a rough way of classifying Plums. The botani- 

 cal arrangement as adopted by the American Pomological Society is 

 to divide the principal members of the Plum family into five sections 

 as follows : — Prunus Americana, — or those derived from our common 

 wild Plum; Prunus angustifolia, — of American origin, but including 



