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away the De Sotos ; but the second year his customers 

 took them in preference to the Lombards. This ex- 

 perience has been duplicated hundreds of times. 



Let us now take up the selection of varieties by 

 geographical districts. 



Nova Scotia and adjacent territory. Domesticas 

 are mostly grown. Japanese varieties are being intro- 

 duced, and are mostly successful. In choosing partic- 

 ular varieties, one may select those generally recom- 

 mended in western New York and Michigan. 



Quebec, Northern Ontario, Northern Maine, New 

 Hampshire and Vermont. The Americanas and Nigras 

 are best here. Some new Domesticas and Japanese va- 

 rieties are grown experimentally, or are fairly success- 

 ful in the less inclement locations. Specially suitable 

 varieties are De Soto, Hawkeye, Cheney, Quaker and 

 Wolf. The best Americana or Nigra varieties, how- 

 ever, may be planted without the slightest hesitation. 



W. T. Macoun, horticulturist at the Dominion experimen- 

 tal farms, Ottawa, recommends Cheney, Wolf, Stoddard and 

 Wyant. 



New England in general. Domesticas, Japanese 

 varieties and Americanas all succeed here. Wild- 

 goose, Pottawattamie, Wayland, and many other sorts 

 of other groups have proved locally successful. Lom- 

 bard is one of the best paying Domesticas. Damsons 

 also market well. The best of the Japanese for mar- 

 ket are Abundance, Burbank, Red June and Chabot. 

 These succeed over almost the whole of this section. 

 The varieties recommended by the American Porno- 

 logical society* are the same as those recommended 

 for New York, which see. 



*The recommendations quoted in this chapter are from the Revised 

 Catalog of Fruits of the American Pomological Society, Division of 

 Pomology, Bulletin No. 8, 1899. 



