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peaches are in better demand all through the season than white 

 tieshed and usually command a higher price. The following are a 

 few of the most popular varieties, with some criticisms, that have 

 been made on them by correspondents: 



Chair's Choice, pronounced good in Franklin county. 



Salway does not succeed well everywhere. It should be planted 

 on a gravel soil with good sub-soil, should have considerable eleva- 

 tion, north or western exposure. It will not do on strong land con- 

 taining a large amount of nitrogen ,or on clay land. 



A correspondent from Franklin county writes: ^'Bilyeus and 

 Edgemont Beauty are the money makers." 



Pride of Kennett, a medium late white peach, introduced by Rake- 

 straw & Pyle, is a native of Chester county. It has an exceptionally 

 fine flavor and beautiful color, but must be severely thinned, as it has 

 a tendency to overbear, and on low ground in wet seasons will crack 

 and mildew. It is a splendid peach for high ground that is rich and 

 deep. 



Cumberland county claims tw^o seedlings of merit, known as Seed- 

 ling White and Seedling Yellow. They can only be found in the local 

 nurseries. 



Fox Seedling, Ohio Beauty and Reeve's Favorite are highly recom- 

 mended for Cumberland county. 



Early Rivers, Hill's Chile, St. Johns, Lewis and Kalamazoo are fav- 

 orites in Erie county. Elberta has proven tender in Erie county. 



In Mercer county, A. B. Greenlee of New Lebanon recommends a 

 native peach that reproduces itself from the seed. It is yellow 

 fleshed and of excellent quality. It is quite extensively grown in the 

 neighborhood of Now Lebanon. 



Iron Mountain has been found to be very productive and profitable 

 in Schuylkill county. Mr. W. H. Stout, of Pinegrove, has grown 

 record-breaking crops of this variety. 



In the Susquehanna Valley, Crawford's Late, Elberta, Globe and 

 Red Cheeked Melocoton are the favorite yellow, and Old Mixon, 

 Stump and Fox Seedling the favorite white varieties. 



GRAPES. 



For many years the grape industry in Pennsylvania has been con- 

 fined to what is known as the Lake Erie grape belt. A narrow strip 

 along the shore of Lake Erie in this State, and extending some dis- 

 tance into the State of New York, being about forty miles long. The 

 idea prevailed that the crop was surer and the quality of the grapes 



