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of farmers iu the United States but would be exceedingly- 

 glad if they could easily raise sufficient fruit for the con- 

 sumption of their own families. And who among this vast 

 number may not, with due prudence in selection and proper 

 cultivation of the trees, succeed in thus doing ? I am san- 

 guine in the opinion that there are few who may not. I 

 have in my own orchard the following varieties : Rhode 

 Island Greening, Jewett's Red, Baldwin, Jewett's Best, 

 Roxbury Russet, Blue Pear main, Ben Davis, Andrew's 

 Favorite, Northern Spy, Bethel, Fameuse, Red As- 

 trachan, Porter, Sops of Wine, Gordon Apple, Winter Pip- 

 pin, Tolman Sweet, Hayward Russet, Honey Sweet, Hamp- 

 shire Sweet, Foundling, Twenty Ounce, Munson Sweet, 

 Northern Sweet, King of Tompkins County, Calvert, Kes- 

 wick Codlin, Fall Pippin, Early Harvest, Pelleflower, 

 Golden Russet, Gravenstein, Tetofsky, Duchess of Olden- 

 burgh, Haas, Wolf River, Alexander or Emperor and Pewa- 

 kee. I have several other seedling varieties that originated 

 on my own farm, some of excellent flavor and good bear- 

 ers, which I will not mention here. Among the above 

 named varieties, there are but few that 1 would recommend 

 to our Vermont farmers. The Rhode Island Greening and 

 the Baldwin are classed among our choice varieties, and 

 while I have some very fine trees of those kinds, I have 

 some that show signs of decay, and the opinion is quite gen- 

 eral that farmers in Central Vermont as well as in the 

 Northern part, cannot successfully grow those varieties. The 

 Blue Pearmain is a good bearer ; the fruit is handsome and 

 very pleasant ; it is a late keeper and the tree is hardy ; it 

 is not quite tart enough to suit all tastes, but with some it is 



