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into bearing. It begins bearing early, and the trees are extremely hardy. 

 The cold or sunamer drought does not hurt them. The fruit is fair size, 

 rather light color, rather light blush on their sunny side. Cooks very 

 readily. My wife likes it rather better than anything else in its season 

 for cooking. I am quite satisfied in my own mind we could safely plant 

 them and not fail for family use and commercial purposes. There is an- 

 other profitable apple; it is the Wealthy. It is an early and regular bear- 

 er, the fruit is large and highly coloi'ed, sells well, cooks well, and is 

 desirable all around. We have a neighbor who planted some trees some 

 years ago. He has a number of other varieties, including Ben Davis. 

 He has made considerable more money off of his Wealthies than any 

 other variety in his orchard. He sold his Wealthies for $1.25 per bushel 

 in Indianapolis. By picking them early, he gets a crop every year. He 

 picks them before they are fully matured. He says if the tree is not 

 drawn on so heavily to ripen the crop, he has his Wealthies every year. 

 I think for commercial purposes we shall have to still stick to the Maiden 

 Blush, a good old standard sort. Ben Davis for commea'cial purposes 

 has been tested, a regular bearer, but York Imperial will bear right along 

 with Ben Davis. It is of fine quality and a good keeper. The White 

 Pippin is also a very good apple. We could not leave White Pippin out 

 i:mong our friends. 



President Stevens: We will now take up the pears recommended 

 for planting. 



E. Y. Teas: I would recommend for market these pears: Wilder, 

 Bartlett, Anjou, Keiffer. For home use: Wilder, Bartlett, Seckel, Anjou, 

 Keiffer. 



VARIETIES OF PEARS FOR CENTRAL INDIANA. 



BY C. M. HOBBS, BRIDGEPORT. 



Of the 1,000 or more varieties catalogued, it has not been my pleasure 

 to see more than fifty varieties of pears. Of these I have grown twenty 

 varieties, and from my own experience will try to give you a list that is 

 best for Central Indiana. 



Would plant Wilder Early for first early. This is a splendid pear for 

 home use, but ripens too unevenly for a market pear. This is followed 

 by Tyson, a medium-sized, bright yellow-reddish cheeked pear of excel- 

 lent quality. These are followed very closely by Clapp's Favorite and 

 Bartlett, too well knoAvn and appreciated to need description. These four 

 are the best of the summer pears. Then comes the fall pears. Duchess 

 of Angouleme leads all others as a market pear, because of its productive- 



