408 SELECT LISTS OF VARIETIES. 



UNPRODUCTIVE. 



Early Harvest, fine; Bough, Rhode Island Greening, 

 Roxbury Russet, Baldwin, Newtown Pippin, fine south; 

 worthless north. 



EARLY BEARERS 



The following apples and pears come soon into bearing, 

 in most localities, and are consequently well adapted for 

 new residences : 



Apples — l^d Astrachan, Sops of W:ne, Summer Sweet 

 Paradise, Late Strawberry, Oldenburgh, Dyer, Porter, 

 Baldwin, Bullock's Pippin, Hawthornden, Jonathan. 



Pears — Bartlett, White Doyenn?'', Julienne, "Washington, 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Madeleine, Andrews, Buffum, Belle 

 Lucrative, Onondaga, Oswego Beurr.'^ Easter Beurre, Passe 

 Colmar. 



TREES TO SUPPLY A FAMILY. 



No two persons would agree on the number of fruit trees 

 required to keep up a good supply of fruit for a family of 

 medium size. With any ordinary number, some seasons 

 would cause a deficiency, and others occasion a large sur- 

 plus. Good or bad cultivation would also make a difference 

 of four-fold. The following may, however, be regarded as 

 a full average, taking all circumstances into account in 

 connexion with good management, and will frequently 

 afford a large surplus : 



40 apple trees, with a full share of long keepers. 



20 pear trees, 



15 peach trees, 



12 cherry' trees, 



10 plum trees, 

 6 apricots, 



4 nectarines, 



5 quinces, 



4 grape vines, 

 30 currant bushes, 



15 gooseberry bushes, 

 20 raspberry bushes, 



5 square rods of strawberrieb 



