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on a commercial scale and be profitable. I don't see how it could help 

 but be a profitable crop. There is always more demand than we can 

 supply. There is some one always wanting cherries. In the spring of 

 the year nearly everybody I meet is wanting to know if I am going to 

 have cherries to sell. Our list of cherries that are reliable is small. They 

 are English Morello and the Early Richmond. The most reliable cher- 

 ry is the English Morello. They are the hardiest cheriy I ever had any- 

 thing to do with. It is the most reliable cherry I ever saw, but my knowl- 

 edge is limited to this pai"t of southern Indiana. If I were planting a 

 number of trees, they would be English Morello. 



VARIETIES OF CHERRIES FOR SOUTHERN INDIANA. 



BY GEO. W. W. M'INTOSH, REGO. 



I am asked to name the best varieties of cherries for Southern In- 

 diana. I can not at present answer for all Southern Indiana, but give 

 the names of those doing best for family or commercial purposes, so far 

 as I have been able to observe. Of acid varieties for early fruit. Early 

 Richmond is the best we know. Next in ripening, I think, the old Black 

 Morello and Montmorenci are best, or as good as any, English Morello 

 is also a good cherry. May Duke and Late Duke will probably represent 

 the best subacid cherries. Governor Wood and Belle de Chatenay are the 

 best sweets we know. 



President Stevens: Varieties of quinces is our next topic. 

 QUINCES FOR NORTHERN INDIANA. 



BY J. C. GROSSMAN. 



In the Revised Catalogue of Fruits recommended for cultivation in 

 the various sections of the United States by the American Pomological 

 Society, the following varieties of quinces are recommended for district 

 No. 2, of which Northern Indiana forms a part. Champion,** Orange,** 

 Rea,** Meech,* Missouri Mammoth,* and Pear.* The first three being 

 double starred and the three latter having one star. Of these we have 

 fruited Orange, Meech and Champion, they ripening in the order named. 

 Missouri Mammoth is bearing this year for first time with us. With 

 what we have seen and heard of this variety and our personal experience 



