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Experiment Station, names the following varieties of peaches 

 in order of ripening as a suitable list from which to choose: 

 Carman, Hiley, Champion, Belle of Georgia, Elberta, Fox 

 Seedling, Edgemont Beauty, Iron Mountain, and Krummel 

 October. 



Varieties of apples are classified as summer, fall, and 

 winter, according to the season when they are in prime con- 



FiG. 115. — Cultivating an orchard with a disk harrow. Where the land is 

 level enough to prevent Bad washing of the soil, orchards should be cultivated 

 throughout the first half of each summer. Plows and disk harrows may be used in 

 early spring. These are followed by spike-toothed harrows or Ught cultivators. 



dition of maturity. Good varieties may be chosen from the 

 following lists : 



Summer 

 Yellow Transparent 

 Williams Early Red 

 Duchess of Oldenburg 

 Maiden Blush 

 Gravenstein 



Fall 

 Wealthy 

 Twenty Ounce 

 Mcintosh Red 

 Grimes Golden 

 Jonathaii 



Winter 

 Tompkins King 

 Baldwin 

 Rome Beauty 

 York Imperial 

 Stayman Winesap 



The above is merely a suggestive list. The planter is to 

 be governed in his choice of varieties by the results of other 

 growers about him in his vicinity. Only one or two varieties 

 of each season should be grown for market purposes. 



