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tree, Gravenstein and Wealthy for a second, and 

 Sherwood's Favorite with Maiden's Blush for a 

 third. Mclntosh should have a whole tree, Hub- 

 bardston another, and Northern Spy a third. Wine- 

 sap and Wagener make the seventh tree, Pound Sweet 

 and Danchy Sweet the eight, and then give the ninth 

 and tenth to King David and Shiawassie Beauty. 

 This is by no means a complete list of apples, nor 

 does it include what I myself call indispensables. I 

 am lonesome without the old-fashioned Spitzenburg, 

 the Rhode Island Greening, and the Swaar. Only 

 do not let anybody persuade you to plant for a cosy 

 home use any such apples as Ben Davis. 



In my book on Orchards I gave a list of apples 

 for a delicate stomach. I am inclined to modify 

 that list very decidedly, but I would put in Mother, 

 Wismer's Dessert, Delicious, Scott's Winter, and 

 Princess Louise. Some of these I do not put in 

 my recommended list, because they are subject to 

 diseases that the ordinary grower will hardly combat 

 successfully. A list of apples nearly immune to in- 

 sect attack, the most easily kept healthy, and good 

 bearers would be this: Wealthy, Seeknofurther, 

 Shiawassie Beauty, Hubbardston, Maiden's Blush, 

 Stayman's Winesap, and King David. 



It is our good fortune to be able to secure a list 

 of pears that will cover a full season, almost as 

 surely as apples. A list of first-class varieties would 

 be Rostiezer, Bartlett, Tyson, Onondaga, Sheldon, 

 Seckel, Anjou, Lawrence, adding Patrick Barry for 



