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effectively done if gone at, at the right time and with a will. It seems 

 that almost any of the old sorts do well here, or at least well enough to 

 be satisfactory for family use but not for market. There are several 

 fine sorts that are usually good, that drop their fruit too early to keep 

 long and some drop before they mature their fruit. I might mention 

 the Jonathan, R. I. Greening, jST. Spy, Wagoner, Rome Beauty, etc. 

 The sorts most commonly grown for family use are Jennett, Winesap, 

 Rome Reauty, White Pippin, Missouri Pippin, Huntsman's Favorite, 

 Smith's Cider, Tolpehockin, Ben Davis, Little Romanite, White Winter 

 Pearmain, Red W. Pearmain, Vandeuer, Romanstem, E. Harvest, Red 

 June, Maiden Blush and Rambo. I will mention here that the Maiden 

 Blush is growing in favor as it has so many good culinary qualities, be- 

 sides being a very fine desert apple and seems to be well suited to our 

 climate and soil. But when we count on apples to bring us the money, 

 and a sort that bears young, regularly, never overbears, is very hardy, 

 healthy, of fine size, and a bright, attractive color, and in the shipping 

 market brings the highest price, that sort is the Ben Davis, or at least 

 we think so in this county as nothing in our experience has equalled it 

 in all those good points. There are about 400 acres in apple orchards, 

 as near as I can estimate from my knowledge, and perhaps one-half is 

 not very well cared for. 



The peach has been of late years a failure here as a crop to be de- 

 pended upon, although we can generaily reasonably expect a crop every 

 alternate year, yet we cannot count on them as a profitable market 

 fruit. The sorts mostly grown are Amsden, Alexander, Remer's Early, 

 Crawford's Early and Late Foster Stump of the world, Heath cling, O. 

 M. cling and free, Picquett's late and Smock. Foster I think is the 

 finest of its season. For a cling stone the Heath is generally con- 

 sidered best. I think Picquett's late is the finest late free stone, yet 

 the last two sorts are sometimes injured by our August drouth. We 

 have no market peach orchards. 



Pears, I am sorry to say, cannot be depended on, on account of the 

 blight, but by planting with good judgment as to sorts and situation 

 we can raise very fine pears. They generally do best in a neglected 

 and unfavorable place for growth. Of the Dwarf sorts I consider the 

 two best for this place to be the "Duchess" and "Jersey," although 

 the Seckleand a great many other sorts do very well. The Leconte 

 and Keiffer are very promising sorts for standards. The Bartlett is 

 generally given up as it is almost sure to blight. There are no market 

 pear orchards here. 



The cherry has not a wide range of successful sorts. I consider 



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the Early Richmond and English Morello the only sorts to depend upon ; 



