52 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



bulletin is compiled from answers to circulars sent out to about 200 

 fruit-growers in the State, asking the varieties preferred by them. Of 

 apples named for home use, the following are the first G: Early Har- 

 vest, Winesap, Ben Davis, Eome Beauty, Maiden Blush, and Kawle 

 Janet, while the same varieties lead for marketing in a slightly differ- 

 ent order, with Ben Davis first. Of i)eaches are named Olduiixoii, 

 Crawford Early, Crawford Late, Smock, Heath Cling, Stump the 

 World, and Mountain Eose; while of pears, Bartlett, Kieffer, and 

 Seckel are grown most generally. Among grapes. Concord, Catawba, 

 Ives Seedling, Delaware, Niagara, Martha, Moore Early, Poeklington, 

 Brighton, and Worden head the list; and among strawberries. Cres- 

 cent, Bubach, Haverland, Gandy, Kentucky, Sharpless, and Wilson. 



Directions are given for combating insects and diseases. 



The second j)art of the bulletin gives byief notes on experiments with 

 vegetables on the station land. Several varieties each of sweet corn, 

 peas, tomatoes, and bush and pole beans were grown. 



Michigan fruit list, L. E. Taft {Michigan Sta. Bui. 105, j)p. lOU- 

 122). — This is a list of the favorite varieties of various fruits, and is 

 com])iled from the answers to circulars sent to some 200 fruit-growers 

 in ditferent sections of the State. Eighty-nine varieties of apples are 

 included, and the following 20 varieties are recommended as a good 

 family collection for nearly all sections of the State: Eed Astrachan, 

 Bough (sweet), Oldenburg, Primate, Chenango, Keswich, Maiden 

 Blush, Shiawassee, Twenty Ounce, Bailey (sweet), Westfield, Jonathan, 

 Hubbardston, Grimes, Baldwin, Tolman, King, Ehode Island Greening, 

 Eed Canada, Northern Spy, and Golden Eusset (N. Y.). Five varieties 

 of crab apples are given, and Hyslop and Transcendent are preferred. 

 Aj)ricots and nectarines do not thrive in Michigan, but 3 varieties of 

 each are cited, and 15 of blackberries. Stone, Snyder, and Taylor being- 

 put first. Among cherries, 11 varieties of the Heart and Bigarreau 

 type and 13 of Dukes and Morellos are given, and Black Tartarian, 

 Governor Wood, Early Eichmond, May Duke, Wragg, and Vilne Sweet 

 are recommended. Ten varieties of currants are given, and Prince 

 Albert recommended. Four varieties of gooseberries are grown. Down- 

 ing the more extensively. Of 30 varieties of grapes, Worden, Concord, 

 Delaware, Salem, Brighton, Niagara, and Winchell (Green Mountain) 

 are selected as proving of most value. Thirty-one varieties of peaches 

 are given, with Barnard, Bronson, Early Michigan, Angle Mammoth, 

 Gold Drop, Hale, Kalamazoo, Lewis, Smock, and Snow Orange in the 

 lead for market varieties, Mountain Eose and Oldmixon Free to be added 

 for home use. From among 42 varieties of pears named, Bartlett, 

 Anjou, Bosc, Clapp Favorite, Flemish Beauty, Howell, Seckel, and 

 Sheldon are those most desired. Twenty-four varieties of European 

 and 3 of Japanese plums are listed as grown in the State, and Brad- 

 shaw, Coe Golden Drop, Lombard, Pond (English), and Shropshire 

 Damson are given the preference. Orange leads the 4 varieties of 



