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show for fruit. Medium to tall leaf and fruit stalks ; blossoms one- 

 fourth to one-third out, and quite well protected from frost by leaves. 



SiiARPLESS, H. — Hanly. Medium to tall leaf stalk, and tall fruit 

 stem ; one-third to one-half blossomed, and well exposed to Jack Frost. 

 Good show for frnit ; Imt as we have dug plants out of the rows so 

 clean, to sell, leaving onl}-- the original plant, of course it damages the 

 fruiting, and hence we cannot fully judge as to theii' productiveness. 

 The hills that are left have four to five strong fruit stalks well filled 

 with blossoms and green fruit. 



NiCANOR, H. — Hardy. What we say of the Metcalf holds good 

 with this sort. 



Centennial, H. — Half hardy. Medium leaf stalk and short to 

 medium fruit stem. Fine show for fruit; half blossomed; partly 

 protected by leaves. 



FiiESiDENT Lincoln, H. — Half hard}'-. Weak Plant. Short fruit 

 stem, and medium leaf stem ; half blossomed ; partly protected. 



Capt. Jack, H. — Hardy. Almost identical in leaf and stalk to 

 Wilson's. Immense show for fruit, and nothing to prevent Jack Frost 

 making havoc. Two-thirds to three-fourths blossomed out. 



Duncan, H.— Hardy. Similar to Wilson's, though a larger show 

 of fruit buds protected by leaves. Best show for fruit on strong soil. 



Shaker, H.— Hardy. Fruit and leaf stalk medium to long. Fair 

 show for fruit on gravelly soil ; not one-fourth blossomed out. 



Golden Defiance, P. — Half hardy. Medium leaf stalk, short fruit 

 stem. Have it only on gravelly soil. Poor show for fruit. 



Reeve's Late I*kolific, H.— -Hardy. Medium leaf stalk, short fruit 

 stem. One-third blossomed ; well protected, and good show for fruit. 



New Dominion, H. — Half hardy. i\Ieditim fruit and leaf stalks. 

 Grand show for fruit ; one-half blossomed out. 



Black Defiance, H.— Hardy on gravelly soil. Medium leaf 

 stalk, short to medium fruit stem. Good show for fmit ; one-third 

 blossomed out. 



Early Adelia, IL — Weak grower. Tall leaf stalk, medium to tall 

 fruit stem. One-third to one-half blossomed out 



Laurel Leaf, H. — Hardy. Tall leaf stalk, medium fruit stem. 

 Fine show for fruit ; half blossomed out. Partly protected. 



As a rule, those kinds having taller leaf than fruit stem, and least 

 blossomed out, are safest against late spring frosts. Those being 

 largely blossomed out are earliest — though this rule does not hold 

 good with every kind. We shall, in fruit season, give time of ripening 

 of all, so that by comparing that article with this, full information on 

 this fruit may be had. 



Bear in mind too, that it is not always late frosts that kill green 

 fruit and blossoms, but they are often blighted and blasted by lung 

 cold north-east winds, and of course those most exposed suffer the most 



