FRUIT CULTURE 119 



inch in diameter made in pruning should be treated with white lead, 

 coal tar, or some other tree paint in order to protect the tree from 

 decay. 



In the small fruit, the currant and gooseberry should be pruned 

 by removing the three and four year wood. The size and quality 

 of the fruit will be better on the young wood. Blackberries and 

 raspberries should be pruned by removing the canes which have just 

 fruited. Summer pruning by pinching back strong growths has a 

 tendency to increase production. 



When varieties in fruit are to be considered, and this is one of the 

 most important questions to the commercial man, for upon the 

 high quality of his fruit must he build his reputation, yet at the 

 same time get the maximum yield at the minimum expense; while 

 with the amateur, variety is an all important question, for although 

 large yields are not the most essential thing to consider, quality 

 and length of season are most necessary points for the home gar- 

 dener. A list of varieties may be rather dull reading, still there are 

 many who may not have access to the latest bulletins on this 

 subject. So if you will bear with me, I will go over a list carefully 

 selected for this locality, and the first list will be for commercial 

 planting and the second for amateur and home-garden planting. 



Commercial Planting. 



Apples. Baldwin, Mcintosh, R. I. Greening, Northern Spy in 



some locations and only on a fairly heavy soil, Gravenstein, 



Roxbury Russet, Wealthy, Williams Favorite, and W^agener. 

 Pears. Bartlett, Sheldon, Lawrence, Anjou, Bosc, Dana's Hovey, 



Seckel, and Duchess. 

 Plums. Burbank and Damson. 

 Peaches. Greensboro, Carman, Belle of Georgia, Elberta, and 



Niagara. 

 Cherries. Early Richmond, Montmorency, Black Tartarian, and 



Yellow Spanish. 

 Strawberries. Glen Mary, Marshall (south of Boston), Bubach, 



Sample, Barrymore, Black Beauty, Senator Dunlap, and 



Stevens' Late Champion. 



