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RASPBERRIES (70 BUSHES). Twenty-five Gregg, 10 Marlboro, 

 25 Cuthbert, 10 Golden Queen. 



BLACKBERRIES (50 BUSHES). Twenty-five Agawam, 25 Taylor. 



CURRANTS (45 BUSHES). Twenty-five Wilder, 10 White Grape, 

 10 Black Champion. 



GOOSEBERRIES (30 BUSHES). Ten Downing, 10 Industry, 10 

 Columbus. 



STRAWBERRIES (200 PLANTS). One hundred Brandy wine, 100 

 Gandy. 



FRUIT GARDEN NO. 3 (FOR SEED LOT). 



APPLES (4 TREES). One Red Astrachan, 1 Golden Sweet, 1 

 Baldwin, 1 Fallawater. 



PEACHES (4 TREES). One Early Canada, 1 Yellow Rareripe, 

 1 Early Crawford, 1 Late Crawford. 



PEARS (2 TREES). One Bartlett, 1 Duchess (Dwarf). 



PLUMS (2 TREES). One Wilder, 1 Lombard. 



QUINCES. Two Champion. 



APRICOTS. One Montezumet. 



GRAPES (10 VINES). Five Concord, 5 Niagara. 



RASPBERRIES (20 BUSHES). Ten Gregg, 10 Cuthbert. 



BLACKBERRIES (20 BUSHES). Ten Taylor, 10 Agawam. 



CURRANTS (10 BUSHES). Five Victoria, 5 White Grape. 



GOOSEBERRIES. Five Downing. 



STRAWBERRIES. Fifty Brandywine. 



(F. B. 154.) 



In 1909, the Bureau of Plant Industry, Department of Agri- 

 culture, issued a complete list of the "Fruits Recommended by the 

 American Pomological Society for Cultivation in the Various Sec- 

 tions of the United States and Canada." The varieties of fruits 

 included in this Bulletin (151) have been recommended and rated 

 by practical growers, who have tested them in various sections of the 

 country, and these lists can not fail to prove of value to the planter 

 who wishes reliable information as to what fruits will probably 

 succeed in his soil and locality. Send for Bureau of Plant Industry 

 Bulletin 151. 



CULTIVATION AND COVER CROPS. 



In a state of nature where trees do well they generally have the 

 surface soil about their roots covered with a loose accumulation of 

 vegetable mold which shields from the sun and wind, while the deeper 

 soil is filled with roots more or less decayed tending to keep the subsoil 

 porous. This covering protects the soil from drying out and furnishes 

 the conditions aimed at in cultivation. Treatment in imitation of 

 forest conditions has been unsatisfactory in that the shade precludes 

 the light and air necessary for the production of perfect fruit. It also 

 renders inconvenient access to the trees for gathering the fruit and for 

 applying insecticides and fungicides to protect from noxious insects 

 and diseases. 



Implements for Cultivation. For the first few seasons after the 

 trees are set out and where cover crops are grown in the orchard fairly 

 deep plowing and a plow heavy enough to completely turn under all 



