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inquiring for Summer Rambo, and will be satisfied with nothing 

 else while Summer Rambo lasts, and later on they must have Smoke- 

 house or nothing, and there is no use trying to force any thing else 

 on them during the respective seasons of these two varieties. 



Reasoning from this standpoint, How will Ben Davis stand ten 

 years hence? Will people be asking for Ben Davis in a market sup- 

 plied with Newtown Pippin, Baldwin and Northern Spy? We are 

 told that it is in good demand to-day, but will it last when people have 

 become thoroughly acquainted with it? Already buyers have come 

 from St. Paul and Minneapolis to Adams and Franklin counties and 

 bought up whole orchards of York Imperial at a time when their 

 home markets were well stocked with western grown Ben Davis. I 

 think it is a mistake to advocate the promiscuous planting of this 

 variety, but would lay down this positive rule: Never plant Ben 

 Davis where York Imperial will succeed, plant very sparingly of 

 York Imperial in the higher altitudes where Baldwin, Northern Spy 

 and King do well. There are some sections of Adams and Franklin 

 counties where Ben Davis, and its near relative Gano, are grown ae 

 fine in form and color as anj'where in the world, and climatic con- 

 ditions are such in these sections that Baldwin and Spy are fall 

 apples; in such places Ben Davis and Gano are probably the best 

 varieties to plant for profit. As we follow the same range of hills 

 into York, Cumberland and part of Dauphin counties, York Imperial 

 will be found profitable and should gradually replace Ben Davis. 

 Following this same mountain range still farther to the northeast, 

 into Schuylkill county, York Imperial should be gradually replaced 

 by Baldwin and Grime's Golden, and after Schuylkill is passed it 

 should be dropped out of the list altogether. 



Up to this time the only apples that have been sent abroad from 

 Pennsylvania, in any quantity, are Ben Davis, Gano and York Impe- 

 rial. Several large plantations have recently been made along the 

 South Mountain, in Adams county, with the expectation of selling 

 the product in European markets, and in the next few years the 

 number will no doubt be largely augmented. 



We have a number of Pennsylvania apples that have been grown 

 for years in their native counties and are much prized where well 

 known because of the vigor of the tree, the regularity with which 

 they bear, and their excellent cooking and keeping qualities. 



We will here briefly discuss the merits of a few old, well-tried 

 sorts, and some that seem to be worthy of more general distribution. 



SUMMER APPLES (FOR LOCAL MARKET ONLY). 



Earhj Harvest is the standard with which we compare all early 

 sorts, and should be found in every collection. The tree is hardy, 



