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The Bulletin. 



pears. 



Of late years, on account of the ravages of pear blight, the -present 

 list of varieties of pears is necessarily very short. Owing to the 

 deadly work of this fatal disease of the pear, most of the high-quality 

 varieties are disappearing from cultivation. The names of old stand- 

 ard varieties are in most fruit regions passing into ancient horticul- 

 tural history and are disappearing from orchard and nursery lists. 

 With the exception of the resistant Seckel, it is extremely risky nowa- 

 days to set for commercial growing any varieties of pears except the 

 resistant low-quality sorts of the Chinese class, such as Garber, Le 

 Conte and Keiffer. Pears are most resistant of blight when grown 

 slowly on clay land without being stimulated by cultivation. 



Mountain. 



Anjou, 



Bartlett, 



Early Harvest, 



Flemish Beauty, 



Garber (Chi.), 



Howell, 



Keiffer (Chi.), 



Le Conte (Chi.), 



Seckel, 



Sheldon, 



Winter Nelis. 



PEARS. 



Piedmont. 



Anjou, 

 Bartlett, 

 Early Harvest, 

 Flemish Beauty, 

 Garber (Chi.), 

 Howell, 

 Keiffer (Chi.), 

 Le Conte (Chi.), 

 Magnolia (Chi.), 

 Seckel, 

 Sheldon, 

 Winter Nelis. 



PLUMS. 



Coast. 



Garber (Chi.), 

 Keiffer (Chi.), 

 Le Conte (Chi.), 

 Magnolia (Chi.), 

 Seckel, 

 Smith (Chi.). 



Our list of cultivated plums is made up from several sources. We 

 have our American plums, represented by the Miner, Weaver and 

 Wild Goose, which are suited to our climate and grow and bear well 

 in all parts of the State. This class of plums does not, however, com- 

 pare in quality with the domestic class of plums introduced from 

 Europe. The varieties, Bradshaw, Coe, General Hand and Imperial 

 Gage belong to the European class. Unfortunately the European 

 plums do not thrive well except in the cooler mountain regions. In 

 the last decade or so very valuable additions have been made to our 

 list of plums by importation from Japan. The Japanese plums thrive 

 well in all parts of the State, but are especially valuable for the coast 

 region, where the European plums are not successful. Abundance, 

 Burbank and Kelsey are varieties of the Japanese class. 



Mountain. 



Abundance (Jap.), 

 Bradshaw (Eur.), 

 Chabot (Jap.), 

 Coe (Golden Drop, Eur.), 

 Damson (Eur.), 

 General Hand (Eur.), 

 Imperial Gage (Eur.), 

 Lombard (Eur.), 



PLUMS. 



Piedmont. 



Abundance (Jap.), 

 Chabot (Jap.), 

 Clifford (Amer.), 

 Climax (Jap.), 

 Damson (Eur.), 

 Golden Beauty (Amer.), 

 Kerr (Jap.), 

 Miner (Amer.), 



Coast. 



Abundance (Jap.), 

 Chabot (Jap.), 

 Clifford (Amer.), 

 Climax (Jap.), 

 Damson (Eur.), 

 Excelsior (Amer.), 

 Golden Beauty (Amer.), 

 Kerr (Jap.), 



