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yield even better than those which blossom late, offers ample evidence that the question 

 of hardiness need not be taken into consideration. Occasionally some varieties are reported 

 as poor yielders in certain localities, and then again the same varieties are reported as 

 the most profitable in other localities; all of which merely emphasizes the fact that here 

 as elsewhere certain varieties of strawberries show a preference or a dislike for certain 

 kinds of soil. 



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RASPBERRIES. 



The Loudon and the Cuthbert are the main, if not the only, varieties planted, and these 

 only on a very small scale owing to the great abundance of the native fruit, which is gen- 

 erally equal in size and always superior in flavor. 



BLACK AND PURPLE CAPS. 



The Older and the Columbian have been tested and may be considered safe varieties 

 when given proper cultivation. 



CURRANTS. 



Practically all the leading varieties have been tested and all can be safely recommended. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



The Houghton, Downing, and, to some extent, the Pearl and the Red Jacket, being 

 quite free from mildew, may be considered profitable. 



BLACKBERRIES. 



If light, sandy soils are available the Snyder and the Eldorado can be recommended, 

 for these two, even upon the better grade of soils, are less subject to the fungous diseases 

 which attack the canes of other varieties at the time the fruit begins to ripen and thus 

 render the fruit worthless. 



APPLES. 



Considering hardiness to be of prime importance, the following list of varieties which 

 have been sufficiently tested or nearly so, may be recommended in the order herewith 

 named: Hibernal (synonym. Yellow Arcadian), Patten's Greening, Duchess of Oldenburg, 

 Yellow Transparent, Anisim (sometimes offered as Good Peasant), Tetofsky, Patten's 

 Fameuse, Charlamoff, Wolf River, Gideon, Borowinka, Lubsk Queen, Okabena, Wealthy, 

 Lieoland Raspberry, Alexander, McMahon, Longfield, Dudley Winter (offered here as 

 North Star), Haas, Mcintosh, Zoloboreff, Tohnan, Pewaukee, Shiawassee, Northwestern 

 Greening, Scott's Winter. 



CHERRIES. 



For sandy soils the Early Richmond, English Morello, Ostheim, Montmorency and 

 Wragg can be recommended. 



PLUMS. 



While tests have been very limited in extent, observations in various parts show that 

 the Japanese varieties, practically all the Hybrids, and the European varieties, with the 

 possible exception of Shropshire Damson, are next to worthless. There are several native 

 varieties of good quality which might be propagated with profit, and in favorable loca- 

 tions other American varieties such as Weaver, Wolf, Wyant, Hawkeye, DeSoto, Stod- 

 dard, Forest Garden and Surprise may be recommended. Further tests will no doubt 

 show that still other American varieties can be added to this list and can be recoirmiended 

 for general planting. Japanese and similar varieties are occasionally found to succeed 

 in specially favored locations of the portage canal zone in Houghton county, and in others 

 where the lakes afford ample air drainage. The same applies to several varieties of pears 

 and grapes. 



PEARS. 



At this time, and with the exception just noted, only the Flemish Beauty can be recom- 

 mended, and even then not as a commercial proposition. 



GRAPES. 



In average locations, varieties of the Concord type grow and bear every year, but sel- 

 dom ripen the fruit properly. A native Fox grape is found along the Sturgeon River 

 in Baraga county, and thus indicates that future tests may show that certain cultivated 

 varieties can be recommended for general planting. 



