152 FRUIT RAXCniNG. 



to put intending orchardists on their guard agains 

 reconiniendations of tree agents and of others 

 who have not the means of obtaining rehable informa- 

 tion. It must be understood, however, that the list 

 does not contain the names of all varieties which 

 possibly may be safely, and probably in many cases 

 profitably, grown. For commercial purposes a great 

 variety of each kind of fruit is not recommended. It 

 is better to profit by experience, and plant only those 

 varieties which are known to be profitable. In apples 

 one or two, and at the outside three, varieties of 

 known suitability and excellence, and good money- 

 makers, are quite sufficient for any district." 



The list of varieties is as follows: — 



Late Suynmer. — Yellow Transparent, Red Astra- 

 khan. 



Early Fall. — Duchess of Oldenburg, Gravenstein. 



Later. — Wealthy, Mcintosh Red, Cox's Orange 

 Pippin, King of Tompkins County. 



Latest. — Jonathan, Wagner, Spitzenberg, Red 

 Cheek Pippin, Rome Beauty, Northern Spy, 

 York Imperial, Yellow Newtown Pippin. 



Now, I will say that, as far as my own experience 

 goes, the best sellers among the above are Duchess 

 of Oldenburg, Gravenstein, Wealthy, Mcintosh 

 Red, Jonathan, and Northern Spy. I have found the 

 following equally good sellers:— Ribston Pippin, 

 Golden Russet, and Baldwin. Ribston Pippin is 

 now practically superseded by Cox's Orange Pippin. 

 Provided only that they will ripen sufliciently in the 

 Kootenays, then Spitzenberg (Esopus) and Yellow 

 Newtown Pippin might be added to those which I 

 have named as the best varieties for selling. A 



