314 POPULAR FRUIT GROWING. 



Pears— On account of the prevalence and great destructiveness of 

 pear blight in Iowa, pear culture is precarious in all parts of the 

 state. The varieties named below have shown a good degree of 

 hardiness and resistance to blight in some localities In Iowa: 

 Fluke, Bloodgood, Warner, Seckel, Flemish Beauty, Bezi de la 

 Motte, Longworth, Kleffer, Anjou. 



Peaches— Because of their lack of hardiness peaches are seldom 

 fruited north of central Iowa and only the hardier varieties can 

 be recommended for planting in any portion of the state. The 

 varieties named below are among the best of those which have 

 been fruited successfully in different portions of central and south- 

 ern Iowa: Sneed, Greensboro, Champion, Lone Tree, Russell, Hill 

 Chili, Crosby. 



Plums — Northern Iowa — Forest Garden, Ocheeda, De Soto, Cheney, 

 Wolf. Wyant, Hawkeye, Stoddard. Brlttlewood (?). Hammer (?), 

 Miner. 



Central Iowa— Forest Garden, Ocheeda (?), De Soto, Wolf, Wyant, 

 Hawkeye, Stoddard. Brittlewood, Hammer, Miner. 



Southern Iowa — Forest Garden. Ocheeda (?), De Soto, Wolf, Wyant, 

 Hawkeye, Stoddard, Brittlewood, Hammer, Miner. 



Varieties Recommended for Planting In Michigan. 



By Prof. L. R Taft, East Lansing. Mich., Superintendent of Farm- 

 ers' Institute. 



Apples— Red Astrachan, Duchess, Wealthy, Baldwin, Maiden Blush, 

 Jonathan, Hubbardston, Grimes, Wagener, Red Canada, Golden 

 Russet. 



Apples, Crab — Transcendent, Hyslop, Martha, Whitney. 



Blackberries — King, Wilson, Snyder, Eldorado, Taylor. 



Cherries — Early Richmond, Montmorency, English Morello, Gov. 

 Wood, Black Tartarian. 



Currants — Victoria, Red Dutch, London, White Dutch, Perfection. 



Gooseberries — Downing, Smith Improved, Keepsake, Industry. 



Grapes — Moore, Worden, Concord, Delaware, Niagara, Diamond, 

 Brighton. 



Peaches — Triumph, Dewey, Engle, Elberta, Kalamazoo, or New Pro- 

 lific. 



Pears — Clapps, Bartlett, Howell, Seckel, Anjou, Kieffer, Lawrence. 



Plums — Abundance, Burbank, Bradshaw, Lombard, Grand Duke, Mon- 

 arch. 



Quince — Orange, Rea and Champion. 



Raspberries — • 

 Black — Kansas, Gregg, Cumberland. 

 Red— Miller, Marlboro, Eaton, Cuthbert. 



Strawberries — Excelsior, Haverland, Clyde, Sample, Dunlap, Aroma, 

 Pride of Michigan, Dornan, Brandywine. 



Varieties of Fruits Recommended for Planting in Minnesota. 



By Minnesota State Horticultural Society. 



Apples — First degree of hardiness — Duchess, Hibernal, Charlamoff, 

 Patten's Greening, Okabena. Second degree of hardiness — Wealthy, 

 Tetofsky, Malinda, Peerless, Anisim. Most profitable for commer- 

 cial planting in Minnesota — Wealthy, Duchess, Patten's Greening, 

 Okabena, Anisim. Varieties for trial — Salome, Eastman, Yellow 

 Sweet, Brett, Milwaukee, University, Lowland Raspberry, Iowa 

 Beauty, Jewell's Winter, Gilbert. Valuable in some locations — 

 Wolf River, McMahon, Yellow Transparent, Longfield, Northwest- 

 ern Greening. 



Crabs and Hybrids — For general cultivation— Florence, Whitney, Ear- 

 ly Strawberry, Minnesota, Sweet Russet, Virginia, Transcendent. 

 Varieties for trial — Lyman's Prolific, Faribault, Shields. 



