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SUCCESSFUL FARMING 



bud is all-important in sections subject to low winter temperatures, and 

 there is a very marked difference in this respect among different varieties. 

 Greensboro, for example, will come through with a full crop when the fruit 

 buds of Elberta will be largely killed and those of Crawford entirely so. 

 As a class, the so-called Chinese Cling group, which includes such varieties 

 as Greensboro, Carman, Belle of Georgia and Elberta, has much more 

 hardy fruit buds than the Persian group, which includes such varieties as 



Early and Late Crawford 

 and Old Mixon. As to 

 season of ripening, it is 

 well, of course, to have 

 somewhat of a succes- 

 sion, particularly for local 

 trade, but the very early 

 and still more the late 

 sorts are likely to be 

 more profitable than mid- 

 season varieties. 



With plums one should 

 consider the quality, the 

 uses (whether for jelly, 

 canning, preserving or 

 eating in a fresh condi- 

 tion), the size and the 

 color. 



With cherries the all- 

 important question is 

 whether to grow the 

 sweet varieties or the so- 

 called sour cherries. As 

 a class, the sour cherries 

 are much more generally 

 successful. In addition, 

 there are the questions of 

 size, quality and color. 



With any of these 

 fruits the number of 

 varieties set must depend very largely on whether they are to go to 

 local or distant markets. If the latter, then it is veiy important 

 to restrict the number of varieties sufficiently to allow of shipping in 

 car lots. 



While realizing, as already suggested, that the variety question 

 is veiy strongly local, the following lists may be helpful, including 

 as they do those varieties which are most generally successful and 

 popular: 



Typical Sweet Cherries. 



