230 The Principles of Fruit-growing. 



"The quince seems to fruit nearly as well with its own pollen 

 as with that of another variety." Waite. 



Grapes (Beach)* Unfruitful when planted by them- 

 selves. Black Eagle, Brighton, Eumelau, Massasoit, 

 Wilder, Rogers' No. 5, Gaertner, Merrirnac, Requa, 

 A mi nia, Essex, Barry, Herbert, Salem. 



Able to set fruit of themselves. Concord, Dia- 

 mond, Niagara, Winchell or Green Mountain, Rogers 

 Nos. 13, 24, and 32, Agawani, Delaware. 



Some of the self -sterile varieties mentioned have 

 fruited well when planted with pollenizers as follows: 

 Bartlett with Nelis, Flemish, Easter; Kieffer with Le 

 Conte, Garber ; Coe Golden Drop with French Prune, 

 Fellenburg ; Satsuma with Abundance, Burbank, Red 

 June; Miner with De Soto, Forest Rose, Wild Goose; 

 Wild Goose with De Soto, Newman, Miner. 



6. Determine which are the best varieties for your 

 purpose by experimenting, and by diligent inquiry 

 of neighbors, pomologists, nurserymen, books, experi- 

 ment stations, t and of marketmen. 



THE SELECTION OF THE PLANTS, 



It is first of all necessary, in selecting the plants 

 for fruit grounds, to determine what first-class stock 

 is. "The nurserymen contends that he grows the 



*For recent notes, see Beach, Bull. 169, N. Y. Exp. Sta. 



tNotes upon the uses of variety tests by experiment stations will be found 

 in Survival of the Imlike," pp. 171 and 370, 



jThe Methods of propagating are fully set forth in "The Nursery- Book." 



