40 STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



This circular was published in the leading papers of the State, 

 and it was forwarded to all the prominent fruit growers in every 

 county. It brought forth a goodly number of replies, "and for the 

 interest thus manifested the thanks of the Committee are hereby 

 tendered. In these replies, in addition to full lists of fruits grown 

 in the localities from which the replies were received, there is 

 communicated much valuable information, which, though it may 

 not all be incorporated in this report, will be appropriated to our 

 benefit and in due time will appear in the reports of our transac- 

 tions. Accompanying these replies in several cases there were 

 forwarded to the chairman of the committee specimens of the fruit 

 described. In cases of varieties not well known, and as showing 

 the variation occasioned by locality, these have proved an inter- 

 esting and profitable study. 



In making up the list of apples it has been decided to present a 

 list of the principal standard varieties grown in the State — at 

 least all those which have been disseminated to any considerable 

 extent, and those standard varieties which have pi'oved desirable 

 in other States but have only recently been introduced here, and 

 as yet only to a limited extent — and of these, to recommend only 

 such as are deemed worthy. In this way we learn from the list 

 what to reject and what to propagate. The idea of the arrange- 

 ment of the list as here given was obtained from the list of the 

 American Pomological Society published in their transactions. 



Since the climate varies so greatly in extreme sections, diflerent 

 varieties are found from experience not adapted to the whole 

 State. We find that some varieties may be highly recommended 

 in the southern tier of counties, while they do not succeed at all 

 in the northern section. Therefore, in order to make our list 

 reliable over so wide a territory, it becomes necessary to divide the 

 State into divisions, throughout each of which certain varieties 

 may be recommended., Of course no lines can be drawn from 

 which it will be unsafe to deviate in any degree, for we all know 

 that if a variety of fruit is found to succeed in close proximity to 

 an imaginary line upon one side, there is no climatic reason why it 

 will not succeed equally well upon the other ; yet this arrange- 

 ment it is believed is sufficiently reliable for our purposes as 

 furnishing a safe guide in pomological matters. We divide the 

 State into three divisions, designated as the northern, central and 

 southern divisions. 



