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uals, better plant only 10 acres and cultivate well, thau to plant 40 or 

 80 acres and pretend to cultivate. Greene county, with her railroad 

 facilities, offers excellent inducements to the orchardist. We have a 

 fair home-market for first-class apples or other fruits. One of Greene 

 county's most successful apple-growers, Mr. H. Scholten, has a model 

 orchard which he cultivates well, a ad sprays his trees and makes it pay 

 and what one can do others can do likewise. 



Of pears, there is not much to be said ; they do well here, but un- 

 fortunately the blight occasionally destroys some trees. Good, well- 

 ripened pears bring a fair price in the Springfield market ; the kinds 

 mostly grown are Bartlett, Duchess, Sheldon, Howell, Madeline, Louise 

 Bonne and Seckel. 



Peaches succeed well here, but the extent of the orchards is not 

 as large as ten years ago, since the winter of 1880-81, then most of the 

 bearing orchards were destroyed. But a renewed interest in the plant- 

 ing of the peach is manifested, for quite a number of orchards are be- 

 ir.g planted. Good peaches have been scarce here for several years. 



Mr. J. M. Kelley has a ten-acre orchard, and last year he had a 

 splendid crop, and it paid him well. He made a mistake in planting 

 too many Amsden's. 



Mr. H. Scholten has also a good peach orchard with too many 

 Amsden's planted, as this variety rots badly and is rather poor at best. 

 I would recommend planting Hale's Early, Haines' Early, Crawford's 

 Early, Stump the World, Health Cling, Ward's Late Free, Foster, and 

 Old Xixon's Free, and a few others. 



Of plums — this fruit succeeds well in this county, and there is a 

 good demand in our home market at fair prices, the extent of planta- 

 tions is small, and here is a field for profit by planting small orchards. 

 The kinds mostly grown is the Wild Goose. 



Cherries also are profitably grown here and do splendidly. The de- 

 mand is fair. The kinds grown are Early Bichmond, English Morell o 

 and May Duke. 



Quinces are almost wholly neglected, but can be grown to perfec- 

 tion here ; there is always a good demand at big figures. 



Grapes grow finely, and our long summers bring them to perfec- 

 tion when properly cared for. The extent of plantations is very small, 

 but a renewed interest is taken in the planting of the grape. A small 

 vineyard of one acre, planted about four years ago, did finely last 

 year. Concord is still the leading kind planted. Virginia Seedling, as 

 a wine grape, succeeds well here and is free from rot. Several planters 

 are experimenting with the newer sorts. Of small fruits all kinds grow 

 in this county to perfection, and a good deal of an interest is taken 



