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Professor Maynaed. It is the same as the Dyer or 

 Pomme Royal. 



Another variety that is a great bearer is the Fall Queen, 

 or Haas. It is always perfect in form and color. It has very 

 white flesh, being a seedling of the Snow apple, but not of as 

 good quality. I think it is coming into notice, and, from its 

 great productiveness and beauty, is as valuable as a great 

 many other fall varieties. Possibly it will become popular 

 in the market for cooking. 



The Bell Flower is as delicious as almost any apple we 

 have. When well grown it is sure to sell at a good price. 



We have a large number of fine varieties that are sure 

 to be profitable if well grown, and grown sufliciently to edu- 

 cate the people as to their value. What any particular 

 grower should plant must be decided somewhat from his own 

 surroundings. 



The Congress is a very fine apple, of some local reputation. 



In discussing varieties of other fruits, I do not know that 

 there are any better than the four or five varieties which are 

 now popular and which are largely grown for local markets. 

 The distant markets cannot compete with us so readily in 

 pears as in apples. Of course California can ship Bartletts 

 to us out of season, but when our local crop comes in there 

 is no demand for the California pears. Nine-tenths of the 

 Bartlett pears that Ave buy in cans are perhaps grown on 

 Kieflfer trees. I was in New York State this fall, and found 

 them canning Bartletts and Kieffer together, but all were 

 labelled Bartletts. The manager said others were doing it, 

 and he had to. Of the pears, the Bartlett, the Seckel, the 

 Sheldon, the Bosc and the Hovey are decidedly profitable in 

 large markets. 



Of the plums we have three types : the Domestica, the 

 Japanese and the American plums. The difficulties in grow- 

 ing the Domestica are such that we are coming to feel that 

 the Japanese plums are going to be much more satisfactorj^ 

 because they come into bearing earlier, are of fair quality, 

 and we are sure to get two or three crops from the young 

 trees. We are not sure of getting as many crops from the 

 varieties of Domestica. Even the ordinary grower is sure 

 to get a few crops from the Japanese. 



