408 SELECT LISTS OF VARIETIES. 



UNPRODUCTIVE. 



Early Harvest, fine; Bough, Rhode Island Greening, 

 Roxbury Russet, Baldwin, Newtown Pippin, fine south ; 

 worthless north. 



EARLY BEARERS 



The following apples and pears come soon into bearing, 

 in most localities, and are consequently well adapted for 

 new residences : 



Apples Red Astrachan, Sops of Wine, Summer Sweet 

 Paradise, Late Strawberry, Oldenburgh, Dyer, Porter, 

 Baldwin, Bullock's Pippin, Hawthornden, Jonathan. 



Pears Bartlett, White Doyenne, Julienne, Washington, 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Madeleine, Andrews, Buffum, Belle 

 Lucrative, Onondaga, Oswego Beurre, Easter Beurre, Passe 

 Colm-ir. 



TREES TO SUPPLY A FAMILY. 



No two persons would agree on the number of fruit trees 

 required to keep up a good supply of fruit for a family of 

 medium size. With any ordinary number, some seasons 

 would cause a deficiency, and others occasion a large sur- 

 plus. Good or bad cultivation would also make a difference 

 of four- fold. The following may, however, be regarded as 

 a full average, taking all circumstances into account, in 

 connexion with good management, and will frequently 

 afford a large surplus : 



40 apple trees, with a full share of long keepers. 



20 pear trees, 



15 peach trees, 



12 cherry trees, 



10 plum trees, 

 6 apricots, 



4 nectarines, 



5 quinces, 



4 grape vines, 

 30 currant bushes, 



15 gooseberry bushes, 

 20 raspberry bushes, 



5 square rods of strawberries. 



