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Greening, Roxbury Russet and Spy are the leading varieties, 

 although all the varieties that thrive well in the northeastern 

 U. S. grow to perfection here when properly cared for. Old 

 commercial orchards have always been profitable, and just 

 at this time large plantings are being made, the largest or- 

 chard in the state containing about 4,000 trees. 



Peach culture on an extended scale is a recent devel- 

 opment. Eighteen years ago the only commercial orchard 

 in the state contained about 2,000 trees, and probably 

 5,000 trees would be a liberal estimate for the state; nou 

 upwards of 2,000,000 peach trees are in the state — many 

 orchards of 5,000 and 6,000 trees, quite a number with 

 10,000 to 15,000 trees, and one at least with nearly 50,000. 

 While many varieties are grown to some extent, the 

 main plantings are of Mountain Rose, Oldmixon, Crawford 

 Early, Crawford Late and Stump. More recently, how- 

 ever, Waddell, Carman, Champion and Elberta have been 

 heavily planted. High culture, close pruning and a thin- 

 ning of the fruit are generally practiced, and fruit of 

 brightest color, largest size and high quality is thus secured. 

 In the markets of this and neighboring states, "Connecti- 

 cut peaches " usually sell at a much higher price than 

 those from any other section. The only serious drawback 

 is the winter-killing of the fruit-buds in the valleys, this 

 happening probably three years out of five, while on many 

 hillsides and hilltops at least two crops out of three are 

 assured ; but there are many favorable localities where 

 annual crops are almost a certainty. 



Japanese plums were early planted in this state, and so 

 quickly proved their adaptability to soil and climate that 

 they are nov/ planted in a small way in every section of 

 the state, fruiting almost as freely as the apple for family 

 supply, while in a commercial way they are being quite 

 largely planted in district No. i. Several orchards have 

 from 2,000 to 4,000 trees each. Of varieties longest 

 tested, Burbank, Abundance and Chabot are most satis- 

 factory and profitable. Red June and Satsuma are rapidly 

 growing in favor, the latter commanding extremely fancy 

 prices for canning purposes. 



Raspberries, blackberries, currants and gooseberries 



