224 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



PRESERVING AND PICKLING SORTS. 



Clusterosa, mid-season, small, yellow, pear shaped. 



Egyptian Yellow, mid-season, medium size, yellow, rough. 



Golden Prize, mid-season, medium size, yellow, smooth, one of the 

 best. 



Lemon Blush, mid-season, medium size, yellow, smooth, desirable. 



Sumatra Egg, mid-season, small, yellow, rough. 



White Apple, mid-season, small, white, smooth. 



Yellow Pear, mid-season, small, yellow, smooth. 



Yellow Peach, mid-season, small, yellow, rough. 



NEW VARIETIES. 



Boston Market, from R. and J. Farquhar and Co., is a very popular 

 variety with eastern truck gardeners. It is very productive and medium 

 early. The fruit is large, bright red, slightly corrugated about the stem, 

 but smooth at the apex. It is solid, firm, and of excellent flavor. 



Buckeye, from Landreth. is a large, smooth, red variety of good quality. 

 It is very productive and seems to be identical with Livingston's Buckeye 

 State, received from Vick's Sons. It is a very showy variety and is solid 

 and smooth for so large a sort. 



Burbank Preserving, received from Burpee, is a very small upright 

 growing variety. The fruits grow in clusters like currants and are espec- 

 ially valuable for preserves. 



Cardinal, from Salzer, is a spreading variety of great productiveness. 

 The fruit is of a desirable size, bright red, firm and of good flavor. 



Challenge, received from Mills, seemed to lack in productiveness, 

 although the excessive growth of vines might be due to the wet season. 

 The fruits were fairly smooth, bright red, and a little soft. In a dry 

 season, the quality would probably be much improved. 



Climax, from Burpee, is a medium-early purple variety of choice quality. 



