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the other gives so great a change of soils that what is a 

 success in one place, may be an entire failure even within 

 rifle shot. 



APPLES. 



If you are planting for family use, it takes a wider range 

 of varieties than for the market. The family needs a succes- 

 sion of fruits, while for the market you may expend all your 

 energies on one variety. Take the one that is a success, as 

 that pays. No matter whether it is an early fruit or a long 

 keeper, make it a specialty. 



When Stickney would recommend all Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, I would recommend planting Early Rose potatoes for the 

 first five 3'ears. From these you can have either early or long 

 keeping apples the first year, and plenty of them. If you 

 can't find any trees about you that are bearing, and insist 

 on a list for Wisconsin, I will give it as follows : Tetofsky, 

 Red Astrachan, Duchess of Oldenburg, Fameuse, Wealthy, 

 Pewaukee, Tallman Sweet, Golden Russets, Ben Davis, and 

 Walbridge. I might add ten more kinds, but refrain. 

 As to crab-apples, the Transcendent must be set on 

 rather poor soil, or it will blight. Whitney's No. 20, Hislop, 

 Briar's Sweet, on clay only. Most of these apples and crabs 

 will succeed on all locations, and many more where the situa- 

 tion is choice, and especially where the orchard stands near a 

 large body of water. 



PEARS. 



If you must have pears, grow Early Rose potatoes, or 

 white beans, and buy your pears, or hire out by the month in 

 harvests for ten dollars a month, and save your money. The 

 pears I name, however, are Flemish Beauty, Clapp's Favorite, 

 and Winter Nelis as the best three, adding Early Bergamot as 

 the fourth and earliest. These will all stand a temperature of 

 twenty-five below Zero, if it is steady cold. 



PLCTMS. 



Plum prospects are just about like pears, as regards profit. 



