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away the De Sotos; but the second year his customers 

 took them in preference to the Lombards. This ex- 

 perience has been duplicated hundreds of times. 



Let us now take up the selection of varieties by 

 geographical districts. 



Nova Scotia and adjacent territory. — Domesticas 

 are mostly grown. Japanese varieties are being intro- 

 duced, and are mostly successful. In choosing partic- 

 ular varieties, one may select those generally recom- 

 mended in western New York and Michigan. 



Quebec, Northern Ontario, Northern Maine, Nezv 

 Hampshire and Vermont. — The Americanas and Nigras 

 are best here. Some new Domesticas and Japanese va- 

 rieties are grown experimentally, or are fairly success- 

 ful in the less inclement locations. Specially suitable 

 varieties are De Soto, Hawkeye, Cheney, Quaker and 

 Wolf. The best Americana or Xigra varieties, how- 

 ever, may be planted without the slightest hesitation. 



W. T. Macoun, horticulturist at the Dominion experimen- 

 tal farms, Ottawa, recommends Cheney, Wolf, Stoddard and 

 Wyant. 



New England in general. — Domesticas, Japanese 

 varieties and Americanas all succeed here. Wild- 

 goose, Pottawattamie, Wayland, and many other sorts 

 of other groups have proved locally successful. Lom- 

 bard is one of the best paying Domesticas. Damsons 

 also market well. The best of the Japanese for mar- 

 ket are Abundance, Burbank, Red June and Chabot. 

 These succeed over almost the whole of this section. 

 The varieties recommended by the American Pomo- 

 logical society* are the same as those recommended 

 for New York, which see. 



*The recommendations quoted in this chapter are from the Revised 

 Catalog of Fruits of the American Pomological Society, Division of 

 Pomology, Bulletin No. 8, 1899. 



