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ries and plums do well when planted on soil suited to them. More 

 attention is paid to apples than to other fruit. Benoni and Keswick 

 Codling have been quite profitable. They are both medium early 

 sorts and sell well because they are good for cooking purposes. Red 

 Stark has also been mentioned as a very profitable sort. 



BEDFORD COUNTY. 



Owing to the mild climate Baldwin apples drop badly. York Im- 

 perial and Ben Uavis do fairly well. A red winter apple of good 

 quality is needed. Growers are trying Jonathan, Salome, Stark and 

 Willow Twig. The quality of the latter is so poor that it should be 

 dropped. Cooper's Market seems to promise well. Peaches and 

 pears should be grown with profit. 



BERKS COUNTY. 



Berks county has had a very active agricultural society for many 

 years, and the annual exhibitions of fruit have stimulated this in- 

 dustry very much. Considerable attention has been paid to the 

 development and propagation of local seedling apples, a number 

 of which have proven quite profitable. Benjamin's Rambo is large, 

 slightly acid, a good baker, one of the best sellers in the local market. 

 Is good from the middle of September until spring and keeps in an 

 ordinary cellar. 



Miller, Baer or Hiester, Belmont or Gate, and Yocob, are good 

 keepers and do well. Krauser is one of the most profitable here as 

 elsewhere. 



Prince Engelbert plum has been successfully grown in a number of 

 places. 



BLAIR COUNTY. 



The elevated regions are good for fruit, especially apples and pears. 

 Peaches can be grown, if planted above the fog line. Cherries 

 and grapes also do well, but very little attention has been 

 paid to fruit, only two or three commercial orchards are to be found 

 in the county. 



BRADFORD COUNTY. 



Bradford is a dairy county, but some attention has been paid to 

 fruit of late years. Baldwin apple leads as a profitable market sort. 



Northern Spy, R. I. Greening, Duchesse of Oldenburg aod Yellow 

 Transparent do well. Vt'agoer sells well. The tree is an early and 

 prolific bearer, but is apt to be short lived. Peaches and plums can 

 be grown above the fog line. In the Susquehanna Valley we find 

 Concord, Worden, Moore's Early, Brighton, Delaware and Niagara 



