VARIETIES OF FRUITS. pi 



The variation of our climate and soils, makes this selec- 

 tion of a few out of the hundreds one of the difficult 

 tasks. In this little work we have attempted it, but with- 

 out doubt we have omitted many varieties that are of 

 value in their special localities , but while we have tried 

 to confine our range to climate rather than to soil, we have 

 also in our chapter on soils and locations endeavored to 

 briefly state the subject. The rules of time and how to 

 prune have also changed, and while our chapter on pruning 

 may not meet the views of many growers, yet we have 

 written what practise and observation have taught us. 

 Authors disagree, and synonyms of varieties abound. 



We shall make our table descriptive of form, size, etc., 

 as before, in one, and then name the varieties suited, as 

 we judge best, for the range of country our latitude lines 

 state. The columns explain as follows : 



Size 1, large ; m, medium ; s, small. Class f, free- 

 stone ; c, clingstone. Color ^ relative to the flesh w, white 

 or pale colored ; y, yellow or yellowish ; g, greenish white, 

 red at stone. Quality j v, juicy, vinous; m j r, melt- 

 ing, juicy, rich; s j, sweet, juicy Glands s, serrated, 

 without glands ; g, glands globose ; r, glands reniform. 

 Season In forming this table we have endeavored to 

 follow the American Pomological Society's catalogue, but 

 find that there the terms of period of ripening take 43 de- 

 grees of latitude, so in our list of varieties for each latitude 

 we shall designate them as very early, early, medium, late, 

 and very late. 



The column of origin, Am. is a designation of American, 

 f , of foreign. 



