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BEGINNERS' GUIDE TO FRUIT GROWING 



For the Pacific Coast region : Early Harvest, 

 Yellow Transparent, Red Astrachan, Benoni, Gol- 

 den Sweet, Gravenstein, Fall Pippin, Fameuse, 

 Mclntosh, Rambo, Baldwin, Esopus Spitzenburg, 

 Newtown Pippin, Rome Beauty, Jonathan, Yellow 

 Belleflower, Grimes. 



Crab apples are well worth including in every 



FIG. 51 EDGE OF THE HALE CONNECTICUT ORCHARDS 



garden of any extent. The varieties almost univer- 

 sally preferred are Hyslop and Transcendent. 



PEACHES 



The list of valuable peaches is much shorter than 

 the apple list, and the local adaptations are much 

 less important. Elberta is the hardiest and most 

 prolific yellow peach, but is not of so good quality 

 as Foster, Early Crawford or Late Crawford. White 

 peaches of the modern type (Chinese Cling group) 



