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Titkova {Russian). — This variety has borne but little the past 

 season, but the fruit is so large and showy, so early and of such 

 fair quality, that if it continues to do well in the east it will be 

 very valuable for early market. 



Wealthy. — This new western apple is attracting considerable 

 attention. Nothing can be more beautiful than well-grown speci- 

 mens. It is medium to large in size, of a brilliant red color on a 

 yellowish ground, and very perfect in form. The flesh is firm 

 in texture, yet juicy and of good quality. It ripens with, or a 

 little later than, the Gravenstein, is very productive, and thus far 

 has proved a remarkable keeper. If it continues to grow in per- 

 fection of form and color and is as productive as it now promises, 

 it will prove very valuable as a standard late fall apple for home 

 use and market and for early shipment to Europe. 



Ben Davis. — No variety has proved so productive or so long a 

 keeper as this one, and, where quality is not desired, it has proved 

 very profitable. AVhile we would not encourage the growth of 

 varieties of such poor quality, yet its great vigor and productive- 

 ness and good keeping properties will cause its more extended 

 growth in New England as they have in some of the more western 

 States. 



PeacJies. 



The promise of a large peach crop was good up to the time of 

 the severe cold weather in April, when the amount of live buds 

 stood at from ten to thirty-five per cent ; but very few buds with- 

 stood the severe cold that followed. The only varieties that pro- 

 duced fruit of any importance were the Old Mixon, Crosby and 

 the Stump, which yielded about equally a small crop of large, 

 fine fruit ; none of the young trees produced fruit. 



Plums. 



Again the college orchard has produced a large crop of this fine 

 fruit. Among the trees of this orchard are some that are twenty 

 or more years old. By the treatment outlined in Bulletin No. 25 

 we have had successive crops, and the trees are free from warts. 

 Of the new plums tested, the Japanese varieties are attracting the 

 most attention and certainly promise to give us some valuable ad- 

 ditions, but as yet they have not fruited sufficiently to warrant 

 growers in planting them for profit. 



