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■fan be kept in cold storage for six or eight weeks, it will generally bring a good 

 price, if tlius handled. The late winter varieties when carefully picked, wrapped 

 in tissue paper and placed in the cellar where the temperature can be kept at from 

 35 to 40 degrees, will often keep until spring. 



Of the new varieties, Vermont Beauty is ])romising as a late summer sort, as It 

 is quite productive and the fruit is handsome and of excellent quality. Wilder 

 (Early) is also a valuable sort. Worden-Seckel, although not generally tested, 

 will undoubtedly have much merit as a variety, both for home use and market, 

 as it is equal to" its parent, Seckel. in quantity and considerably exceeds it in size. 



PLUMS. 



For the most part, the varieties adapted for home use will be found desirable for 

 market. Of these, in about the order of their ripening, are Field, Bradshaw or 

 Niagara, Lombard. Pond, Imperial Gage. Italian Prune, Prince Englebert, Quack- 

 enboss, Kingston, Grand Duke, Black Diamond, Monarch, Stanton, Bavay, Shrop- 

 shire and Golden Drop. Of the Japanese sorts Abundance, Burbank, Red June, 

 Red Nagate, Satsuma, and Wickson have been tested and found of value. 



The early European varieties are frequently attacked by brown rot, and the crop 

 is sometiimes ruined, and, as the canning season seldom begins before the first of 

 September, the demand for them is usually comparatively small and prices rule 

 low. Lombard has usually been considered one of the most productive and profit- 

 able varieties, but this has resulted 'in its being extensively planted, and, as a 

 consequence, the markets are flooded and it has to be sold at a low price. For 

 market purposes, the large, late, dark red or purple varieties seem most profitable 

 and among them Grand Duke, Black Diamond and Monarch have the most merit. 

 Where one has large numbers of Lombard and other strong growing, early varie- 

 ties, the top-working of the trees with some of the late kinds above mentioned 

 will generally be desirable. 



The Japanese varieties «tart early in the spring, and the flowers are more likely 

 to be injured by tlie late frosts ithan those of the European sorts. Several of the 

 varieties ripen quite early, before the European kinds are on the market, and fre- 

 quently bring a good price, but, as the market would soon be overstocked, the ex- 

 tensive planting of the early Japanese kinds cannot be recommended. Satsuma 

 is generally productive and the fruit is excellent for canning purposes, but the 

 dark red flesh is not particularly attractive and, until its merits have been learned 

 by the public, it probably will not have an extensive sale. Wickson is an early- 

 bearing, productive sort and will probably succeed Avherever the peach can be 

 grown. The fruit is quite large and of very fair quality. Its season is about the 

 first of September. 



PEACHES. 



Whether for home use or market, it is desirable to have such a selection of 

 vai-ieties as will cover the season of this fruit. Alexander, Triumph, Hale, Rivers, 

 Early Michigan, Lewis, St. John, Early Crawford, Barnard, Engle, Fitzgerald, 

 Hills Cliili, Elberta. Kalamazoo or New Prolific, Crosby, Late Crawford, Beers 

 Smock. Stevens Rareripe, and Salway. As a rule, the earliest varieties are small 

 and cling-stones, and the demand will be comparatively small. Previous to the 

 ripening of Early Michigan and Lewis, there is no kind that takes high rank as a 

 dessert or cooking variety. Early Crawford is one of the best known kinds and is 

 fairly reliable upon strong, heavy soil in elevated sections, but upon sandy loam 

 soil, and near the lake shore, its buds are likely to be winter-killed. Elberta is a 

 large and handsome peach, and the trees are early and productive bearers when 

 not injured by leaf curl, and, as thlis can be readily controlled, it should not be 

 dropped from the list. This variety is also valuable as a market sort, on account 

 of its excellent shipping and keeping qualities. Kalamazoo and New Pi'olific, al- 

 though somewhat injured by leaf curl, are usually quite productive and their hand- 

 some appearance and high flavor make them valuable in any list. Crosby is one 

 of the hardiest varieties in cultivation and often gives a crop in sections where 

 oithers varieties fail. When the trees are well cared for and the fruit is properly 

 thinned, it attains a fair size. 



Among the new kinds that have not been generally tested, Triumph is well 

 worthy of trial. Although it would rank as a semi-cling, it is about two weeks 

 earlier than any other yellow peach, and as the trees are early and profuse bearers 

 and the fruit is attractive and of good quality, it will undoubtedly take the place 



