24 Fruit Culture. 



By W. A. HELM. Genitan, Winesap, Red Astrachan, 

 Ben Davis. 



By CRAWFORD & CHASE. Yellow Transparent, Wealthy, 

 Walbridge, Mclntosh Red, Duchess of Oldenubrg, Pewau- 

 kee, Red Astrachan.- 



A SUGGESTIVE LIST OF VARIETIES FOR A TWO-ACRE 

 ORCHARD IX SOUTHERN COLORADO. 



By H. McAosTER, Jr. : 

 20 Duchess of Oldenburg. 5 Pewaukee. 

 15 Tetofski. 10 Wealthy. 



10 Yellow Transparent. 10 Fameuse. 



5 Pringle Sweet. 5 Ben Davis. 



10 Red Astrachan. 5 Little Red Romanite. 



5 Mclntosh Red. 



VARIETIES LIKELY TO BE SUCCESSFUL. 



Scott's Winter and Magog Redstreak come highly rec- 

 ommended from Northern Iowa ; also by W. C. Barry, of 

 New York, and by Dr. Hoskins, of Vermont, as possessing 

 the combined qualities of hardiness and productiveness. 



Early June. Trees in Mr. E. B. Stark's garden at Colo- 

 rado Springs bore at an age of five years. This tree blos- 

 soms late in the season. Mr. D. S. Grimes, however, does 

 not recommend it for Northern Colorado. 



WINTER APPLES. 



We are not able to agree with Major Henry McAlister, 

 who has expressed an opinion that the people of Southern 

 Colorado (or of Northern either) should confine themselves 

 to growing the summer and fall varieties, for the reason 

 that the winter apple can be so cheaply brought in from the 

 East. This is the very thing the people of the State ought 

 to prevent, and so keep thousands of dollars from going 

 out of the State yearly to enrich Missouri, Michigan, Iowa, 

 Kansas and Nebraska apple-growers. If there was any 



