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Huntsman, Missouri Pippin, and Jonathan, of 

 great commercial importance in Kansas, are 

 unknown to ninety-nine Massachusetts stu- 

 dents out of every hundred. In like manner, 

 Baldwin, Sutton, and Gravenstein, market 

 standards in Massachusetts, are curiosities to 

 a class of Kansas boys. The student who 

 is to have a thorough training in pomology 

 should make the acquaintance of just as 

 many of the standard varieties as possible. 

 There are some experienced apple growers, 

 indeed, who don't know what a Ben Davis 

 looks like ! 



10. Outright identification comes next. 

 This is extremely difficult, as every fruit 

 grower or fruit man knows. It can hardly be 

 expected that immature students will make 

 great progress at it. Nevertheless, after the 

 preliminary training outlined above, some 

 practical exercises can be managed. Apples 

 again offer the best material. Give each stu- 

 dent a sample of some variety, the name of 

 which he does not know.. Let him identify 

 this variety by reference to Warder's " Pomol- 

 ogy," or by the use of the key given in Chap- 

 ter XXI of this book. In case the key is 

 used, the identification should be verified by 



