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planter's ambition and he should never cease striving 

 for it. 



The following table shows the relative popularity of 

 twelve varieties in the peach districts, the contest being 

 for the first rank, and the figures indicating the votes by 

 districts : 



Old Mixon Free, 9 



Crawford's Early, 7 



Crawford's Late, 6 



Old Mixon Cling, 3 



Heath Cling, .... 3 



Smock, 3 



Troth, 3 



Ward's Late, 3 



Amsden, . , 2 



Large Early York, 2 



Stump the World, 2 



Morris' White, 1 



The vote, in detail, stands thus : 



For OLD MIXON FREE : Delaware, District of Columbia, 

 Central Illinois, Southern Illinois, Massachusetts, Eastern 

 New York, Western New York, Eastern Pennsylvania, 

 and Western Pennsylvania. 



These nine districts would place Old Mixon at the very 

 head of the list, or, rather, not allow precedence to any 

 other, as some of them give equal grade to several varie- 

 ties. 



For CRAWFORD'S EARLY : Delaware, District of Colum- 

 bia, Southern Indiana, Massachusetts, Western New 

 York, Eastern Pennsylvania, and Western Pennsylvania. 

 For CRAWFORD'S LATE : Delaware, District of Columbia, 

 Southern Indiana, Western New York, Eastern Pennsyl- 

 vania, and Western Pennsylvania. 



For OLD MIXON CLING : District of Columbia, Northern 

 Indiana, and Southern Indiana. 



