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XV. 

 Name the Five Varieties of Peaches Most Hardy 



IN Wood. 



There was, as would be expected, great difference of 

 opinion as to the sorts most hardy. In New York the fol- 

 lowing five sorts, in order named, were considered most hardy : 

 Crosby, Hill's Chili, Stevens Rareripe, Gold Drop and El- 

 berta. In Michigan practically every grower considered Hill's 

 ChiH most hardy in wood, followed closely by Crosby, then 

 Gold Drop, Kalamazoo and Barnard. It was interesting to 

 note that Elberta, Smock and Salway, considered fairly hardy 

 in New York, are somewhat tender in Michigan. The three 

 upon which growers agree in both states are Hill's Chili,. 

 Crosby and Gold Drop. Wager, Jaques Rareripe, Carman, 

 Belle of Georgia, Hale's Early, Champion and Greensboro, 

 none of them in the lists of five hardiest, are hardier than the 

 average. 



XVI. 



Name the Five Varieties Most Tender in Wood. 



Here, too, opinion differed, but not so much as in 

 naming the lists of hardy sorts. In New York the list runs : 

 Early Crawford, Late Crawford, Chair's Choice, St. John, 

 Niagara. In Michigan the first four are as in New York, 

 Early and Late Crawford, Chair's Choice and St. John, followed 

 by Smock, which, strange to say, is considered a fairly hardy 

 sort in New York. Michigan growers consider Salway ten- 

 der in wood, while in New York there was an even division 

 as to whether it was hardy or tender. Elberta came within 

 a vote of tying Smock for the list of tender varieties in Michi- 

 gan. 



XVII. 



Name Five Varieties of Peaches Most Hardy in Bud. 



The New York growers named more than a score of 



varieties as being hardy in bud and were agreed only upon 



two sorts as being preeminently hardy, namely : Crosby and 



Hill's Chili, with Triumph, Gold Drop, Steven's Rareripe and 



