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degree in a single variety, as, if they are of liigh flavor, rich, and melting, 

 they are generally deficient in hardiness. 



One of the difficulties in offering a list of fruits is, that sorts 

 which succeed well in one locality do not seem to thrive in another. If 

 the most successful fruitgrowers in the state were asked to furnish a list 

 of their most profitable varieties, the ten sorts having the most votes 

 would be: Hale, Lewis, St. John, Richmond, Barnard (or Snow's Orange), 

 Jacques, Gold Drop, Late Barnard, Hill's Chili, and Smock. 



Although the above varieties have been found to succeed quite generally, 

 attention should be paid to the character of the soil in making out a list 

 for planting. 



Hill's Chili needs rich, well-drained soil, as, if planted upon light sand, 

 the fruit will be under-size, and upon cold, wet land they are very fuzzy, 

 and late in ripening. 



The Barnard is another peach that needs a fairly rich soil, but it does 

 better upon one that is of a sandy rather than of a clay nature. 



Conkling and Wager seem to thrive upon a rather heavy soil, while Hale, 

 Lewis, Jacques, Gold Drop, and Smock are generally fruitful upon either 

 sand or clay. 



As varieties for home use that are of rather better quality, but less hardy 

 in fruit-bud. Honest John, Mountain Rose and Oldmixon may be used, 

 and in favorable locations they will be found good market sorts. 



Salway is an excellent late variety but should not be planted except in 

 favorable localities, as it requires a long season. These kinds with, if 

 desired, a few Alexander (or Waterloo) and Early Rivers for early sorts, 

 can be generally relied on in all parts of the state, where any of the 

 varieties will grow. The following lists for orchards of one thousand 

 trees have been submitted by the well-known, successful peach -growers, 

 whose names are prefixed: 



J. N. Stearns, Kalamazoo: Hale's Early 50, Lewis 50, Richmond 100, 

 Barnard (or Snow's Orange) 100, Jacques Rareripe 100, Kalamazoo 300, 

 Gold Drop 200, and Smock 100. J. F. Taylor, Douglas: Wilder 25, 

 Rivers 25, Hale 25, St. John (Lewis or Mountain Rose) 100, Early Barn- 

 ard 100, Jacques 100, Late Barnard 100, Hill's Chili 100, Bronson 100, 

 Engle's Mammoth 100, Gold Drop 100, Smock 100, Allen 25. A, Hamil- 

 ton, Ganges, recommends the following: Waterloo, Rivers, Hale, St. John, 

 Barnard, Early Crawford, Engle's Mammoth, Bronson, Hill's Chili, and 

 Smock, "I would omit Late Crawford, because it is a shy bearer, and let 

 Engle's Mammoth and Hill's Chili take its place." It will be noticed that 

 none of the large yellow peaches of the Crawford class, such as Early and 

 Late Crawford, Foster, Red Cheek Melocoton, and Susquehanna are 

 included, and the fruitgrower will say that they are such shy bearers that 

 he can get five bushels of almost any of the kinds recommended to one from 

 the Crawfords, While they are excellent in fruit, there are few if any sec- 

 tions of the state where they are sufficiently reliable to merit their being 

 planted upon a large scale as market sorts. 



There are a large number of new sorts that have been sufficiently tested 

 for us to say that they are worthy of planting, but from our present knowl- 

 edge they can hardly be placed in a short list. The most promising are: 

 Kalamazoo, Elberta, Engle's Mammoth, Beer's Smock, and Crosbey. Other 

 varieties that have a local reputation are Brigdon, Corner, and Gudgeon. 

 While several of these are undoubtedly seedlings, it is quite likely that 

 others are old varieties whose names have been lost. Several growers 



