182 Spring Work — Tlie Orchard. [April, 



Canon Pearmain, Esopus Spitzenberg, Eambo, Gravenstein, Eoman Stem, 

 Eome Beauty : 



And for Northern Ohio, ISTew York, and New England, the Baldwin, 

 > Northern Spy, Gate, and some others, are considered number one. Expe- 

 rience thus far, in the neighborhood of Cincinnati, has not proved them 

 such. They are now being tested by good cultivators. 



PEARS. 



Of these there is a great variety. Five of the best, well-proved, kinds 

 for this locality, are Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Seckel, White Doyenne, 

 Fondante d' Automne. 



CHERRIES. 



Early May (most productive), Mayduke, Black Tartarian, White 

 Bigarreau, Napoleon Bigarreau, Elton Black Eagle. 



Of my thirty-five kinds now in bearing, I prefer the above. There 

 are many other excellent varieties. 



PLUMS. 



Three best — Green Gage, Washington, Imperial Gage. 



PEACHES. 



Early York, Crawford's Early and Late, Coolidge's Favorite, Honest 

 John, Pioyal Kensington, Troth's Early, Heath Cling, Heath Free, Balti- 

 more Piose, President, Columbia. There are many other excellent kinds. 



We can not dismiss this plain and practical topic, without the remark 

 that we are exceedingly gratified at the zeal and industry manifested for 

 the introduction and cultivation of choice fruits, of every variety, in this 

 region and neighborhood. And, in view of what has been, and is now 

 being efiected in this behalf, and the instrumentalities most efficient 

 therein, we can not refrain from our public commendation of the perse- 

 vering and well directed efforts of the " Cincinnati Horticultural 

 Society." Composed of men of large means and enlarged views, in 

 whom the scientific mind is combined with the skillful hand, they pre- 

 sented, at their annual exhibition last fall, such a display as the 

 American continent has never before witnessed. Eadiating from this, 

 it is to be hoped that the same commendable spirit will soon pervade 

 Ohio and the West. 



Moved by this spirit, the " Nurserymen " about Cincinnati have judi- 

 ciously and carefully supplied themselves with all the choicest and most 

 desirable varieties of fruits now under cultivation ; and being now 

 domesticated in our soil, and adapted to our climate, these are not sub- 

 ject, by any means, to the casualties and loss that must always attend 

 the transplanting of trees that have been imported from abroad. 



