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Rivers (Early), ripe August 5, has scarcely an equal as an early peach for both 

 dessei-t and mai'ket. It is of English origin. 



R. S. Stevens is the name under which trees of a yellow variety were received 

 from a western New York nurseryman for trial. They have now fruited two years 

 but very sparingly. Not promising. 



Salway is an excellent variety when well ripened, but it is too late to be reliable 

 in this climate. 



Steadly, ripe here b. m. October, is apparently a tardy bearer and rather late for 

 this latitude. 



Stevens Rareripe proves so far to be a heavy bearer of fruit of medium weight 

 and size and good quality. It promises to be profitable. Season, m. e. September. 



St. John is somewhat popular as an early yellow variety; ripe here August 19. 

 Crane's Early is alleged to be a synonym, but trees received under this latter name 

 from Allegan county, Michigan, ripened fully three weeks later and are obviously 

 distinct. 



Wonderful, of New Jersey, is quite too late to be usefiil or valuable here. Its 

 season in this locality is b. m. October. 



Yellow Rareripe is an old variety and there appear to be a number of varieties 

 doing duty under this name. A variet.y under this name some fifty years age was 

 of fine size and high quality, while the one grown here is of small size and low 

 quality. 



APRICOTS (Armeniaca vulgaris). . 



A few of the so-called Russian apricots were planted here in 1888 and still others 

 in 1890. Several of these have shown bloom from time to time, but have invari- 

 ably failed to set and mature fruit. The trees also have most of them died from 

 some not very obvious cause till only a few remain. 



Two years ago, trees of the new Harris apricot (a recent New York seedling) were 

 planled. These have grown finely and remain in apparently perfect health. Bloom 

 may be expected upon them next season. 



Some fifty years ago the writer worked the Breda, and also the Black, apricot 

 upon plum stocks. These were planted and trained against the south side of a 

 building, in which situation they bloomed and fruited freely for a series of years, 

 until their removal became necessary to accommodate building improvements. 

 Such experience seems to indicate that the failure of this fruit in this climate may 

 be due to either innate lack of hardiness, or to its habit of very early blooming, one 

 or both, and point to the need of a sheltered location. 



Under the circumstances, the Harris plants will be carefully watched with the 

 hope that, as a genuine American seedling, it may prove the forerunner of a new 

 and hardier strain. 



They have been treated for insects and fungi in connection with peaches and 

 plums, to which reference is therefore made. 



NECTARINES (Persica vulgaris). 



The nectarine, being closely affiliated with the peach, has been given a place in 

 the peach plantation and subjected to the same general treatment, although, owing 

 to its special liability to the attacks of curculio, only a single variety has thus far 

 been planted. 



For treatment, as against insects and fungi, reference is made to the section on 

 peaches. 



Pitmaston Orange is the only named variety thus far planted. This is reputed 

 to be a vigorous grower, but the plants which were received in 1892 prove to be 

 persistently feeble, and so far have not even shown bloom, a condition probably 

 due either to disease or to the unfriendly infiuence of the stock upon which it was 

 worked. 



