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total value is for use when prizes are offered for fruit, without designating 

 the purpose for which such fruit will be required. 



We give the values of a few common varieties of apples, from the cata- 

 logue, to show the principle upon which it is being prepared. 



APPLES. 



Alexander 



American Golden Russet. 



Baldwin 



Ben Davis 



Cabashea 



Canada Baldwin . 



Colvert 



Cranberry Pippin 



Duchess of Oldenburgh .. 



Fameuse .*.... 



Gravenstein 



Golden Sweet 



King 



Lady 



Northern Spy 



Ontario 



Red Astracan 



Rhode Island Greening... 



Roxbury Russet 



Shiawassee Beauty 



Tolman Sweet 



Tetofsky ... 



Wealthy 



Yellow Transparent ...... 



Total. 



28 



34 

 22 



19 

 26 



31 

 25 

 31 



32 

 31 

 38 

 7 

 38 

 19 

 38 

 39 

 19 

 34 

 3^ 

 19 

 20 



7 

 32 



17 



Plums. — In the discussion of valuable varieties of plums, Mr. S. D. 

 Willard, of Geneva, N.Y., a most successful plum grower, gave the following 

 six as the most desirable for home use, viz: — (i) Bradshaw — one of the most 

 profitable and the earliest good plum ; (2) Lombard, among plums what the 

 Concord is among grapes; (3) Geuwi, a hardy, profitable dark purple plum 

 following the Lombard ; (4) Hudson River Purple Egg, one of the best 

 fancy plums for market, hardy and productive ; (5) Peters' Yellow Gage, in- 

 troduced by Mr. Barry, the very best light colored plum ; (6) Coe's Golden 

 Drop. 



Where hardy enough, he would add the Reine Claude de Bavay, as being 

 one of the most profitable of market plums. 



In reply to questions, he said that Weaver, Wild Goose and a quantity 

 of that trash, would do to experiment on; Quackenbos is very desirable, 

 but a shy bearer ; Stanton was one of the best for canning purposes ; Field 

 ripens ahead of Niagara, like it in size and appearance, and is one of the 

 desirable new varieties ; Grand Duke is a late introduction from England, 

 and promises to be the best late plum for market; it has been sold at $1.00 



