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are the most popular. Of the acids, the Montmorency and 

 EngHsh Morello. 



I have grown some luscious apricots, but they will never 

 be a commercial success. 



Pears. 

 I think our conditions are as favorable for pears as 

 those in California. Our favorites are the Bartlett, Clapp's 

 Favorite, Beurre Anjou, Duchess, Sheldon, and a few 

 others. 



Cultivation. 



Our best orchardists have not got beyond weekly cultiva- 

 tion in May and June. This is done mostly with the disk 

 and spring tooth harrows after or without ploughing. 



Fertilization. 

 On light land that can be cultivated early, the Crimson 

 Clover is sown about the first week in July. On heavier land 

 Mammoth Clover is sown about the first of August as a 

 cover crop for plowing under the following season. The 

 Crimson will almost invariably winter kill. Our largest 

 orchardists use commercial fertilizers almost entirely, from 

 two hundred to four hundred pounds of potash, and four 

 hundred to eight hundred pounds of bone or phosphate rock for 

 mature orchards, and expect from this annual crops. 



Spraying. 

 Our best orchardists practice spraying for insects and 

 fungi. The one hundred gallon hogshead with hand pump, 

 low wagon, two lines of hose, is the most up-to-date outfit 

 in our small business. The power sprayers will soon come. 

 The black spot of the apple is our worst enemy. Half the 

 value of our crop was taken away by it last year. It must 

 be controlled. 



Harvesting. 

 We aim to get our fruit put into a cool temperature as 

 soon as it is picked. Our autumn apples are sorted in our 

 apple houses, carriage houses or cellars, as to convenience 



