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celleut varieties as the Diekiusoii, Jett'iies, Melt-iu-tLe-Mouth, Not- 

 tingham, Brown and Pennock. Montgomery county is the home of 

 the Jenkins, Kambo, Kidge Pippin and Yacht. Buclcs has produced 

 the Bucks County Pippin, Cornell's Fancy, Jackson, Old House and 

 Smith's Cider; Centre county, the Boalsburg and Townsend; Frank- 

 lin county, the Meutzer; Allegheny county, the Pittsburg Pippin; 

 Lebanon county, the Focht and Winter Sweet; Lycoming county, 

 the Republican Pippin; Clinton county, the Mann; Cumberland 

 county, the Herman and Pink Sweeting; Mifflin county, the Mifflin 

 King; Lackawanna county, the Clark; Northumberland county, the 

 Major and Priestly; Union county, the Adams, and Washington 

 county, the Traders' Fancy. These are but a few of the native 

 apples of Pennsylvania, almost every county in the State having 

 several, and we have only mentioned some of the more meritorious. 



OTHER NATIVE FRUITS. 



As to pears, the Seckel, KiefEer, Brandywine, Chancellor, King- 

 sessing, Moyamensiug, Maynard, Mather, Ott, Petre, Reading, 

 Rutter, Tyson, Uwchlan, Wiest and VN'atermelon are native of Penn- 

 sylvania. In grapes, we have such varieties as the Creveling, Mar- 

 tha, Maxatawny, Merceron, Seltzer, Taylor and Telegraph. In 

 peaches, Pennsylvania can claim two of the largest and finest — the 

 Globe and Susquehanna; also the Red Rareripe, Morris White and 

 other excellent sorts. There are a number of choice native varieties 

 of cherries, such as the Conestoga, Ida 'and Lancaster Red. The 

 Johnson quince is a native of Lehigh county. As to small fruits, 

 the Sharpless, which stands at the head of the list of strawberries 

 in this State, originated in Columbia county. Other good natives 

 are the Brandywine, of Chester county, and the Jacunda, or Knox's 

 No. 700, of Allegheliy. 



SOIL LOCATION AND CULTURE. 



As soil, location and culture are among the most important con- 

 siderations in fruit-growing, it is pleasing intelligence, imparted 

 to us by the Secretary of Agriculture in his Annual Report for the 

 3'ear 1902, just published, that a bulletin will shortly be issued by 

 the department, giA'ing much valuable information on these points, 

 and specifying the places in the State where each variety of fruit 

 has shown the best results. It is believed that this bulletin will 

 be of valuable assistance in locating orchards, and in selecting the 

 particular varieties of fruit w^hich are adapted to given localities. 



While Pennsylvania can boast of some large orchards, it is cast 

 completely in the shade by the extraordinary operations in some 

 other states. The biggest apple orchard in the United States is in 



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