THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY OF NEW YORK 



There are good green and russet sorts that ought to be planted in 

 the home garden. 



Pears, perhaps better than the apple, illustrate the loss that 

 gardens suffer in not having a greater variety. Bartlett, Seckel. 

 and Kieffer are the leading sorts. The beautiful and delicious 

 Bosc, Dana Hovey. Sheldon, Lawrence, Winter Nelis and scores 

 of other notable sorts can seldom be found in recent plantings to 

 the great loss of those who care for good fruits. Were they to 

 be found, who can deny but that the demand for pears would be 

 greater ? 



With the peach, conditions are even worse. We have with the 

 peach the sordid spectacle of the whole country growing Elberta, 

 wretchedly poor in quality and not particularly handsome, to the 

 exclusion of the scores of better flavored and much handsomer 

 peaches. 



What has been said of the apple, pear and peach may be said 

 of the cherry and plum. Montmorency and English Morello are 

 about the only sour cherries grown. Napoleon, Schmidt, and 

 Black Tartarian are the most usual sweet cherries found in Eastern 

 orchards. The delectable Dukes, fit for dessert and culinary pur- 

 poses alike, are now seldom grown, although there are a dozen or 

 more varieties which ought to be grown. A few plums and 

 prunes of large size, bright color, good shipping quality, and easily 

 grown in nurseries have elbowed much better flavored sorts to the 

 rear in the fruit market. 



Concord, a good grape, but not the best, is now grown almost to 

 the exclusion of other sorts. Nearly a thousand kinds of native 

 grapes have originated in America. We are not doing justice to 

 our splendid native grapes in discarding practically all but Concord 

 as home and commercial sorts. There are red, green, and other 

 black grapes that those who use grapes should know. There are 

 earlier sorts and later sorts than Concord that would extend the 

 season of grapes and add to the pleasure of growing this fruit. 



So with the small fruits. These as well as the tree and vine 

 fruits are various in flavors, colors, odors, tastes and seasons. 

 To limit varieties of these, as with the larger fruits, means cutting 

 down the pleasure of growing them. Those who grow fruits 



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