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fruits, but I should add that the list of varieties adapted to 

 the wants of the commercial orchardist is very limited. 

 The Bartlett, Bosc, Winter Nellis and Kiefer are among 

 those that pay best. The latter as a canning fruit seems to 

 be growing constantly into favor, and whatever are not re- 

 quired to meet the wants of the canning factories find ready 

 sale in the city markets. They are grown cheaper and sell 

 higher than most other varieties. While there has been a 

 manifest falling off in apple planting, there has been a cor- 

 responding increase in the acreage put out to most other 

 fruits, and especially so with the cherry and plum, both of 

 which for years were on the neglected list. More perishable 

 than the apple, and accompanied with more risk in pro- 

 ducing, a demand has sprung up in recent years for these 

 fruits that has made a ready market for all grown. The 

 Montmorency Ordinare, English Morello and Windsor are 

 the sorts generally in demand. The two former are re- 

 quired in large quantities by the canning factories as well 

 as in the city markets, while the Windsor supplies the fruit 

 stands with the largest and most excellent fruit of its season, 

 with no probability of a surplus for years to come. It is 

 rarely sold at less than ten cents per pound at wholesale. 

 The magnitude of the sour cherry interests may be better 

 understood and appreciated, were I to say that the annual 

 crop of two parties of my acquaintance amounts to between 

 40 and 50 tons, which is picked for market at an expense of 

 about $1 per hundred weight. It is usually sold at from 

 $100 to $120 per ton. As grown in the locality referred to, 

 these varieties are but little inclined to decay, and are quite 

 free from the depredations of birds, hence they are special 

 favorites among orchardists. 



For years the culture of the plum was largely confined to 

 the region adjacent to the Hudson River. Indeed, com- 

 mercially considered, the business may be said to have had 

 its conception there, from which it has moved westward, 

 and to-day has become one of the largest of the fruit-grow- 

 ing industries. The European sorts, comprising a few 

 varieties only, are principally grown, and will be for years 

 to come, while the advent of those of the Japan type has 

 given a fresh impulse to the business that is likely to con- 



