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Several other varieties are grown in smaller quantities and 

 are doing well. Cole's Quince, an early variety, American 

 Golden, and Grimes' Golden, are fall varieties and very valu- 

 able (the two last will probably be grown in great numbers) ; 

 the Baldwin, Esopus Spitzenberg, Jonathan, Yellow New- 

 town, Fameuse, Maiden's Blush and Ribston, are also popu- 

 lar. Other varieties are being tried, such as the Mcintosh 

 Red, Ronianite, Autumn Strawberry and Northern Spy. The 

 best apple orchards on the island will yield this year about 

 $500 to the acre. An average income can be obtained of 

 about $300 in ten-year-old orchards. But this amount could 

 be doubled and trebled if fruit-growers would follow Barry's 

 advice, which is practiced all through Europe, of growing 

 dwarf and semi-dwarf trees among the standards for the first 

 twelve 3^ears. 



''Pears are very profitable, but require a more thorough 

 culture than has yet been given. And if this fruit were grown 

 in pyramids, as well as standards, every acre would yield one 

 hundred times as much as at present. The Bartlett, whilst 

 not as large as the Bartlett of California, is much more lus- 

 cious and more highly flavored. The Seckel, Onondaga, Gray 

 Doyenne, Vicar, Anjou, Giffard, Flemish Beauty, Louise 

 Bonne, and many other varieties are grown with great success, 

 but perhaps the Bartlett and the winter pears pay best. They 

 bring from $2 to $4 per bushel, and are sold in half bushel 

 boxes. 



''The prune industry gives promise of rivalling, if not of 

 outstripping, the apple culture. The Fellenberg, commonly 

 called Italian, gives promise of being the most valuable va- 

 riety. The yield is simply enormous, averaging $400 per 

 acre in 7-year-old plantations. The German prune, which, 

 on good black loam, also yields very largely and is a most 

 valuable variety for drying, seems not to have grown into 

 favor so far. The Prune d'Agen is left to California growers, 

 being considered too small. The Silver prune in this locality 

 is often confounded with Coe's Golden Drop, which it resem- 

 bles only in color. The true Silver prune, the St. Catherine 

 plum, is a ver}^ valuable variety and it is extensively grown in 

 Belgium ; It is smaller than Coe's Golden Drop, slightly larger 

 than the Prune d'Agen, broad at the base, and upon turning 

 the plum so that the suture is hidden, it is seen that the right 



