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fertilizers, and cultivate, regularly, as told in Chapter 

 VI ; sow cover crops as directed in Chapter IX ; con- 

 tinue to prune, spray, plow, fertilize, cultivate, etc., 

 each following year. 



VARIETIES. Those marked with a star are espe- 

 cially suited for commercial orchards and market. 



Iy. B. Judson, Idaho, says that Jonathan, Rome Beauty and 

 Ben Davis are the greatest favorites, the state over, for com- 

 mercial plantations. 



J. C. Whitten, Missouri, pins his faith to these commercial 

 kinds: Ben Davis, Gano, Jonathan, York Imperial, Missouri 

 Pippin, Winesap, Grimes' Golden, Clayton, Ingram and Rome 

 Beauty. 



W. T. Vincenheller, Arkansas, writes : For a list of market 

 apples that I would plant in an orchard of 1,000 trees, I beg to 

 state that I would use Black Ben Davis, Jonathan, Grimes' 

 Golden and King David, in equal quantities. 



Farm Journal's "best twelve" list of market varieties 

 from which to select for a commercial orchard located in 

 Pennsylvania, etc., comprises: Hays, Maiden's Blush, Rambo, 

 York Imperial, Rome Beauty, Stayman Winesap, Baldwin, 

 R. I. Greening, Grimes' Golden, Sutton Beauty, Smokehouse, 

 Smith's Cider. 



Dr. Chamberlain's favorite list of market varieties for Ohio, 

 is as follows: "For summer, Red Astrachan, Oldenburg; for 

 early fall, Maiden's Blush ; for late fall and winter, Baldwin, 

 R. I. Greening, Seek-no-further, Peck's Pleasant (short-lived 

 tree but fine dessert apple), Northern Spy, Roxbury Russet, 

 Jonathan, Belmont, Canada Red. I would have at least ninety 

 per cent. Baldwins." 



For the cold districts of Maine, northern Vermont, northern 

 New Hampshire, northeastern New York, Quebec, New Bruns- 

 wick, etc., and the northern peninsula of Michigan, the following 

 varieties are suggested by the government pomologist: 



Tetofsky; *Oldenburg ; *Gravenstein ; Wealthy; St. Law- 

 rence ; Twenty Ounce; *Fameuse ; Pewaukee; Bailey Sweet; 

 Mclntosh; Wolf River; Tolman Sweet; *Northern Spy. 



For Colorado, etc., the following varieties are suggested : 

 Tetofsky; *Red Astrachan; *Oldenburg; *Maideti's Blush; 

 Bailey Sweet ; ^Jonathan ; Pewaukee ; Swaar ; Fallawater ; 

 Hubbardston ; White Pearmain ; Yellow Bellflower ; Golden 

 Russet ; Peck's Pleasant ; *Winesap ; Yellow Transparent ; Early 

 Harvest ; Red June ; Gravenstein ; Wealthy ; Wolf River ; 

 *Grimes' Golden; Northern Spy ; Tolman Sweet; *Missouri ; 

 *Tompkins King; Red Canada; Rhode Island Greening; *Rome 

 Beauty; Wagener; White Pippin ; Rail's Jannet. 



