CHAPTER XVII. 



FRUIT LISTS. 



EVERT PLANTER MUST JUDGE FOR HIMSELF AND OBSERVE THE SORTS 

 THAT SUCCEED IN HIS OWN NEIGHBORHOOD ATTEMPTS TO MAKE 

 LISTS FOR GENERAL CULTIVATION ABORTIVE STATE AND REGIONAL 

 LISTS MAT APPROXIMATE USEFULNESS SO MANT ELEMENTS IN MAK- 

 ING A DECISION OUR TASTES DIFFER REFERENCE TO THE LISTS 

 OF THE AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETT AND TO THOSE OF LOCAL 

 SOCIETIES PRESENT A FEW SELECTED LISTS THE QUESTION OF 

 HARDINESS IS OF GREAT INTEREST LISTS OF HARDT AND TENDER 

 VARIETIES LISTS FOR CIDER. 



Every orchard planter who examines the extended va- 

 riety of fruits presented to him in the books, and by the 

 nurserymen, must feel greatly embarrassed when he comes 

 to select the varieties for his own orchards. Almost 

 every one of the long lists is recommended for some good 

 quality, and the number of best, which he is apt to con- 

 clude means indispensable for him, is wonderfully large. 

 Some persons are bewildered by the array presented in 

 the catalogue, and fall back upon their own slender stock 

 of information, selecting only one well known variety ; 

 but most persons commit a far greater fault by attempt- 

 ing to grasp all the varieties that are offered and com- 

 mended, which is very well for some one person in every 

 region to do. It is a labor of love for the benefit of his 

 fellow townsmen ; but it is far better for him who is about 

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