FRUIT CATALOGUE, 1898-9. 



ARRANGEMENT OF THE CATALOGUE. 



The same plan of arrangement has been followed in this as in previous 

 catalogues and no radical changes have been made. With few exceptions 

 the explanations given for the last catalogue can be used in this one. 



Man}- of the varieties that have heretofore been included in the cata- 

 logues, have been rejected as the trees are not grown by any of the 

 nurserymen and but to little extent in any of the orchards, so that it 

 would be almost impossible to obtain either trees or scions. Many 

 of the varieties that have been carried in the lists have now been 

 tested sufficiently to show that they are of less value than many of 

 the other kinds, and so have been placed in the rejected list, while 

 many of those that were new and promising kinds, have, after two or 

 more years of trial, proved themselves worthy of general planting, and 

 the starring has been changed accordingly. Many of the new sorts 

 that have recently been brought out, but that have not been sufficiently 

 tested to determine their value, have also been added to the list. By 

 these changes we have endeavored to bring the list down to date and 

 to make it of greater value to growers and prospective planters of trees. 



It will be noticed that each variety has been given a number in the 

 column at the left and that this is repeated on the opposite page to 

 prevent mistakes in carrying the variety across. In the columns de- 

 voted to the description of the varieties we have made use of the usual 

 abbreviations, the explanations for which will be found at the head 

 of each section. The columns headed "Use and Value" show, on a 

 scale of 1 to 10, the value of the fruits for different purposes but it 

 should be observed that in the sub-columns headed "Dessert" and "Cook- 

 ing" the quality of the fruit and its adaptation to the purpose alone 

 are considered, without regard to the productiveness, or other char- 

 acteristics, of the varieties. On the other hand, in the column under 

 "Market," the qualities that go to make the variety valuable for the 

 market are considered; including color, productiveness, size, etc. If 

 the variety stands high in the "Market" column and has either the 

 "Dessert" or "Cooking" qualities sufficiently developed to bring the 

 total of the two columns up to fifteen or over, it indicates that it is 

 especially vahnible for that purpose, whether for home use or for market. 



It often happens that a variety does not prove equally valuable in 

 all parts of the state and for this kind the columns under locality are 

 arranged to show by means of symbols their value in different sections. 



