THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



which ripen, in our locality, about the first of 

 July, and Sweet Bough, ready for picking in 

 August; to packing for winter, Baldwins, 

 Winesap, and Roxbury. Pears: Bartletts 

 and Winter Niles. Peaches: Alexandria, 

 Early Crawford, and Late Crawford. 



As you see, we chose the old standard fa- 

 vorites, for novelties are too risky for practical 

 purposes. It may pay nurserymen to adver- 

 tise something new each season, but often the 

 novelty develops some unexpected bad point 

 after a few seasons, and is dropped from the 

 catalogue. Even more frequently varieties 

 with new names vary so slightly from old fa- 

 vorites that nothing is gained by paying the 

 higher price which is asked for them. 



After the potatoes were removed from the 

 field, buckwheat was sown. Early in the win- 

 ter the order was sent into a reliable nursery 

 establishment, with the request to ship about 

 the end of February, to insure their arriving 

 early in March. As soon as weather permitted 

 the buckwheat was plowed under, the ground 



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