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the rivers and lakes. All varieties as early as the Concord usually 

 produce good crops of excellent fruit that ripens before the autumn 

 frosts. 



Strawberries and raspberries succeed remarkably well over a large 

 portion of the state, and are being grown extensively in many loca- 

 lities for commercial purposes, but in most sections the raspberries 

 require being laid down and given some winter protection. Black- 

 berries have been planted quite extensively in the southeastern part 

 of the state, but are not found very profitable and are losing favor. 



Pears and domestic plums have not, so far, been produced with 

 any encouraging degree of success. The difficulty with pears seems 

 to arise from blight, the trees seldom living to reach a bearing age, 

 and those that do perishing after producing the first or second crop. 

 The Russian varieties endure little, if any, better than the others. 

 With the domestic plum the difficulty appears to be from a lack of 

 hardiness. 



In the southeastern part of the state a few varieties of the sour, or 

 pie, cherry are succeeding very well, but the fruit buds were injured 

 by the cold of last winter. 



Varieties of greatest value for general cultivation and so recom- 

 mended are marked by one or more *, or for trial by this mark t. 



Apples now in catalogue (P. malus): Antonovka *, Borovinka * *, 

 Gideon *, Gravenstine (Russian) *, Hibernal **, Longfield * *, Mc- 

 Mahon *, Northwestern Greening * Oldenburg (Duchess of) * *, 

 Peach (Montreal) * *, Switzer — , Tctofsky * * Wealthy * * Wolf River, 

 *, Yellow Transparent *. 



Crabs or Siberian Hybrids. Beecher * *,Briar * *,Gibb *, Hyslop * *, 

 Martha *, Minnesota =^ *, Orange *, Transcendent *, Whitney No. 20 *. 



Apples not in list or catalogue. 



Blackberries. Briton * *, Snyder * *. 



Cherries. Bessarabian j, Dyehouse t, Montmorency ti Morello * *, 

 Richmond **. 



Currants. Prince Albert **, Holland Long Bunch **, Red Dutch 

 Improved * * Versailles *, Victoria =*= *, White Dutch *, White Grape 

 **, Wilder!. 



Gooseberries. Downing * ^, Houghton * *, Pearl j, Red Jacket *. 



Grapes. Agawam *, Barry*, Brighton**, Champion*, Concord 

 **, Cottage*, Diamond*, Janesville *, Martha *, Moore's Early * *, 

 Niagara**, Pocklington *, Prentiss*, Early Victor *, Winchell *, 

 Woodruff"!, Worden **, Campbell Early !. 



Plums (P. Americana). Cheney*, De Soto * *, Forest Garden **, 

 Hawkeye *, Rockford *, Rollingstone * * Weaver *, Wolf *, Wyant * *. 



Raspberries. Columbian!, Shaffer*. 



