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POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



(b) Some of our best varieties are so crooked that they 

 do not look well and hence have not been pushed by our nursery- 

 men. 



Fig. 7. — Young- apple trees of different forms. 



(c) The difference in the habits of trees can be easily seen 

 in any orchard of many varieties. The upright form of the Tetof- 

 sky apple is in marked contrast with the spreading form of the 

 Roxbury Russet. The spreading form of the Wild Goose plum 

 is very different from that of the Lombard. A person who is 

 very familiar with the appearance of certain varieties of pears 

 or apples can easily separate them from other kinds by the 

 appearance of the tree even when devoid of foliage. From this 

 the impression should not be taken that all fruit trees may be 

 distinguished from each other by their forms, color of bark and 

 other characteristics, for while a person of much experience in 

 this line may thus distinguish many kinds, it is quite out of the 

 question to separate the members of all our long lists of fruits in 

 this wav. 



