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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL HORTICULTURE 



Reconiiiiendations of the American Fomolo^ical Society 



Following are the recommendations of the American Pomological Society as 

 given in Bulletin 151, Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Map Showing the Pomological Districts of the United States and Canada. 



DISTRICT KO. 1 



Maine above 500 feet above sea level: 

 New Hampshire, Vermont, and New York 

 north of latitude 44 degrees; Ontario north 

 of Lake Simcoe and east of longitude 80 

 degrees; Quebec. New Brunswick, and 

 Prince Edward Island. The dominant 

 natural feature of this district is the St. 

 Lawrence valley. Many of the hardier 

 fruits flourish within its borders. 



Apples 



Highly recommended — Dessert, kitchen 

 and market: Gravenstein; Northern Spy; 

 Wealthy. Kitchen and market: Haas 

 (Fall Queen, Gros Pomier) ; Hibernal; 

 Oldenburg, Duchess of; Pewaukee; Scott 

 Winter; Tolnian Sweet; Twenty Ounce 

 (Cayuga Redstreak); Wolf River; Yel- 

 low Transparent. Dessert and market: 

 Bailey Sweet; Blue Pearmain; Fameuse 

 (Snow): Mcintosh; McMahon; Peach of 

 Montreal; Porter; Saint Lawrence. Mar 

 ket: Tetofski. Kitchen: Gideon; Long- 

 field; Quince, Cole; Switzer. 



Recom.mexded — Dessert, kitchen and 

 market: Bogdanoff; Canada Baldwin; 

 Donneghan; Magog Red Streak; Malinda; 

 Northfield; Rhode Island Greening; Rus- 

 sian Baldwin; Saint Johnsbury; Shiawas- 

 see Beauty; Starkey; Yellow Bellflower. 

 Kitchen and market: Alexander; Anton- 

 ovka; Baldwin: Blenheim: Borovinka; 

 Irish Peach: Mann; Raspberry; Red As- 

 trachan; Roxbury Russet; Titovka. Des- 

 sert and market: Canada Reinette; Der- 

 by: Early Strawberry; Golden Russet (N. 

 Y.) ; Hubbardston Nonsuch; Plumb Cider; 

 Red Canada; Tompkins King; Wagener; 

 Westfield Seek-no-further; Williams Fa- 

 vorite. Dessert and kitchen: Early Hai-- 

 vest; Fall Harvey: Fall Pippin: Lady 

 Sweet; Ribston Pippin; White Pigeon: 

 Wythe. Market: Ben Davis; Bethel; 

 Cooper Market; Domine; English Russet; 

 Fallawater (Tulpehocken) : Fall Jennet- 

 ing; Gano; Ontario; Stark: Walbridge 

 (Edgar Redstreak). Dessert: Bough, 

 Sweet; Cornell Fancy: Grimes Golden; 

 Hunt Russet; Jewett Red (Nodhead) ; 



