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NOTES ON FRUITS 



NOTES ON VARIETIES OF GEAPES. 



Concord has, in most parts of the state, been very largel}' phmted 

 both for home use and market but there are other kinds that may be 

 profitably grown for eitlier purpose. Among the other well known 

 black varieties are Worden and Moore Early, while Campbell Early, 

 a recently introduced variety from Ohio, bids fair to take a high place 

 in the list, owing to its strength of plant, earliness, large size, firm 

 skin and high flavor of its fruit, which hangs well to the stem, making 

 it a long keeping and good shipping variety, while the seeds separate 

 freely from the pulp, it becomes a very desirable kind. Thus far it 

 seems to be little subject to disease. Of the red varieties Delaware and 

 Brighton are among the best, although Vergennes and Diana are excel- 

 lent on account of their keeping quality. As an early white grape 

 Winchell has no superior, but Moore Diamond and Niagara can gener- 

 ally be grown successfully. Where fungous diseases prevail they can 

 generally be held in check by means of repeated sprayings with Bor- 

 deaux mixture. 



NOTES ON VARIETIES OF PEACHES. 



When selecting varieties either for home use or market, it is desirable 

 to secure a succession in ripening and for this purpose, for the most 

 part, varieties adapted to one purpose can be used for the other. For 

 nearly all parts of the state a good selection would be Alexander, Rivers, 

 Hale, Lewis or Early Michigan, St. John, Barnard, Elberta, Engle Mam- 

 mot, Kalamazoo, and Smock. Hills Chili is desirable in some of the 

 northern counties; Gold Drop is a very hardy and productive variety, 

 but unless the fruit is well thinned it is likely to be small. Among 

 the promising new kinds are Triumi)h, an early yellow fleshed variety, 

 ripening soon after Alexander, which it resembles in size; when fully 

 ripe it is a freestone and although not thoroughl}^ tested it promises to 

 be a good early sort. Fitzgerald is another recent candidate for favor 

 and seems to be a very hardy and productive variety, of good size, flavor 

 and color, ripening soon after the CraAvford. The Crawfords have not 

 been included in the above list because in many sections, particularly 

 upon the light soil along the lake shore, the buds set early and are likely 

 to be injured by the early frosts, but upon high and well drained spots 

 and upon rather heavy soil, they succeed better than most varieties. 



NOTES ON VARIETIES OF PEARS. 



As a selection for home use good results will be obtained from the 

 following varieties: Summer Doyenne, Bloodgood, Clapp Favorite, Bart- 

 lett, Flemish Beauty, Bosc, Howell, Seckel, Sheldon, Cfairgeau, Anjou, 

 Lawrence, Winter Nelis, Easter Beurre, — as standards, and Angouleme 

 and Louise Bonne as dAvnrfs. Several of the kinds given as standards 

 can be used as dwarfs; among them are Seckel, Anjou, Bartlett and 



