CHAPTER VII. 



SELECTION OF VARIETIES. 



EVILS OF INDISCRIMINATE SELECTION FRUITS SUITABLE FOR THE 



AMATEUR, FOR FAMILY USE, FOR THE MARKET CATALOGUE OF THE 



DIFFERENT VARIETIES ADAPTED TO THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF 



THE COUNTRY THE BEST SIX, TWELVE, TWENTY, OR ONE HUNDRED 



SORTS, FOR EACH STATE. 



§ I. THEIR ADAPTATION TO DIFFERENT LOCALITIES. 



IVTE have already considered the influence of the 

 atmosphere, the properties of the soil, and 

 the various methods of improving it. The next 

 subject to occupy our attention is the selection 

 of varieties of fruit adapted to different condi- 

 tions. 



Much of the failure in the growth of fruit is to 

 be attributed to an indiscriminate selection, in the 

 belief that one variety is as well suited to a certain, 

 position as another. Both science and practice 

 teach us that it is folly to remove a tropical plant 

 to the polar regions, with any expectation of suc- 

 cess ; the climate is not adapted to it, and it soon 

 perishes ; vice versa, plants from cold regions be- 

 come stunted and die in the tropics. To be sure, 

 art sometimes overcomes these difficulties, and in- 



