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tinue. The Abundance was first introduced, followed by the 

 Burbank, which, by reason of its superior shipping qualities, 

 great productiveness and acknowledged value as a canning 

 fruit, heads the list as a favorite orchard sort. The Satsurna 

 is gradually growing into favor, with sentiment divided as 

 to productiveness and quality, while the color is against it 

 as a market sort. Of more recent introduction, the Red 

 June has shown itself to be wonderfully hardy in fruit bud, 

 very early in ripening, its fruit of good quality, and so 

 attractive in color as to command the markets on which it 

 is placed. Wickson, October Purple and Hale complete 

 the list of these seedlings of foreign parentage destined to 

 work a revolution in American plum growing. The Wick- 

 son, while of excellent quality and great beauty, has, up to 

 the present time, failed to show sufficient productiveness to 

 entitle it to a place in the commercial orchard. The trees 

 make a strong growth, and at this season of the year, as 

 usual, are loaded with fruit buds that give an enormous 

 bloom, but fail to set the fruit. It is possible that with in- 

 creasing age this fault may be changed. To my own taste 

 the Hale excels all others in quality ; while the October 

 Purple, maturing its fruit quite late and being so attractive 

 in color, will, without doubt, supply the requirements and 

 great demand for a late plum. It may be picked green, and 

 in the course of ten days or two weeks will be found to 

 color and mature perfectly for market. 



The quince, more fastidious in its requirements than many 

 kindred fruits, is yet grown to perfection on most lands 

 where the apple and pear are found to thrive, and, by reason 

 of its fitness for long-distance shipments, is a favorite fruit 

 with many growers, some of whom claim that it can be pro- 

 duced at less cost than apples. 



With a better knowledge of the wants of the peach and 

 apricot as regards soil and location and the development of 

 varieties, the fruit buds of which are specially fitted to with- 

 stand the extremes of our climate, the cultivation of these 

 fruits is considerably on the increase, adding to the list of 

 those productions destined in the near future to revolution- 

 ize the system of agriculture, which, while adapted to the 



