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PEARS. 



Wilder A good early variety of fair quality. Bartlett The 

 best known and popular summer variety for home use or market. 

 Tree quite subject to blight, and the foliage often drops prematurely. 

 Is benefitted by spraying with Bordeaux mixture. Angouleme 

 (Duchess d' Angouleme) A reliable and profitable fall variety; 

 prolific; bears young; does well on quince. Anjou (Beurre 

 d'Anjou) Not excelled by any other late fall variety for market or 

 home use. Succeeds either as a dwarf or standard. Seckel Es- 

 teemed chiefly because of its high quality. Comparatively exempt 

 from blight. Flemish Beauty A .choice autumn sort, but must be 

 sprayed with Bordeaux mixture to prevent leaf dropping and crack- 

 ing of the fruit. Quite subject to blight. Kieffer A prolific and 

 early bearer and seldom blights. Not of high quality, but is suitable 

 for canning. Blooms early and is often killed by spring frosts. 

 Season, October 15th to November 1st. Lawrence A reliable winter 

 variety, prolific and comparatively free from disease. 



PLUMS. 



Japanese Plums This class of plums, of which such varieties 

 as Abundance, and Burbank are representative, are not worthy of 

 space in Ohio orchards and their planting can lead only to dis- 

 appointment. The blossoms are liable to be killed by frost and the 

 fruit is very subject to rot. Native Plums There are scores of vari- 

 eties of natives now known and offered by nurserymen. There are 

 few varieties, however, worthy the space they would occupy on Ohio 

 soils where the finer European varieties cannot be grown. The fol- 

 lowing varieties are most excellent dessert fruits, and a tree or two 

 of each should be planted in every home collection : Wilder Dark, 

 dull red covered with yellowish dots. Skin thick, flesh yellow, juicy, 

 rich, sweet and delicious. Hunt large, dark red, sprinkled over 

 with numerous small light dots and covered with a light blue bloom. 

 Flesh pale yellow, firm, tender, melting, good. Downing Large, 

 crimson; skin thin and tender; quality good. Stodard Large and 

 of good quality. European Plums May be quite successfully grown 

 in all parts of Ohio. The best of all for culinary use. The following 

 are choice varieties: Bradshaw Very large, violet in color, ex- 

 cellent in quality. Tree slow to come into bearing. The same as 

 Niagara. Field A large blue plum as early as Bradshaw and 

 equally as good in quality. Moore's Arctic Very hardy and reliable. 

 Less inclined to rot than most others. Lombard Probably planted 

 more extensively than any other variety, and has been found to be 

 reliable in all sections of the state. The fruit must be thinned or 

 the trees will overbear. Not as much inclined to rot as some, but 

 by no means exempt. Imperial Gage A light green plum of ex- 

 cellent quality. Better for home than for market, as its color is 

 against it as a commercial fruit. Monarch A large, round, blue 

 medium late free-stone of excellent quality. Arch Duke A fine 

 late variety. Large, blue, firm, attractive free-stone. Tree vigorous 

 and prolific. The best of all large, late plums. Quite free from rot. 

 Grand Duke A little later than Archduke. Not so good in quality. 



