338 • TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



CURRANTS. 

 Black Naples, Large Fruited Missouri, May's Victoria — discarded. 



RASPBERRIES. 



Antwerp Red, Antwerp Red of Hudson river, Catawissa, Ohio Everbearing, and 

 Orange — discarded. 



STRAWBERRIES. 

 Agriculturist, Green Prolific, and Triomphe de Gand — discarded. 



IX. C. S. Capps. 



APPLES. 



Carolina Red June — best. 

 Early Strawberry — poor. 

 Fameuse — profitable, sure bearer. 

 Father Abraham — productive. 

 Gravenstein — iate bearer, don't pay. 

 Keswick Codling — too tart. 

 Lady Apple — don't pay. 

 Milam — popular here. 

 Newtown Pippin — first rate. 

 Rawle's Janet — most popular. 

 Sops of Wine — profitable. 

 Spilzenberg Esopus — one of our best. 

 Winesap — very popular. 



PEAKS. 



Bartlett — most popular, profitable. 



Belle Lucrative — excellent. 



Beurre Bocs — imperfect with us. 



Beurre d'Anjou — fine grower, tardy bearer. 



Bloodgood — very early, good but not profitable. 



Dearborn's Seedling — fruit imperfect and too small. 



Doyenne, White — cracks badly r don't pay. 



Flemish Beauty — great favorite, next to 'Bartlett. 



Glout Morcean — blights badly. 



Lawrence — poor with us. 



Louise Bonne de Jersey — astringent. 



Madeleine — rots at core and cracks. 



Onondaga — beaut iftil . 



Rostiezer — generally worthless. 



Urbaniste — Shy, fruit excellent. 



Vicar of Winkfield — worthless. 



Would plant only — Bartlett, Belle Lucrative, Flemish Beauty, Buffum.' an'd D\ich'efo< 

 d' Angouleme (dwarf), for market and a few of Easter Beurre. Bloodgood, Clapps 

 Favorite, Glout Morceau, Howell, Seckel, Sheldon, Tyson and ITrbanis-te for family or 

 experiment. 



