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ers and regular fruiters; very prolific. One of the best we have for ex- 

 tending the season for fruit. Ripens during the month of Julv and in late 

 exposures the fruit will remain on the tree until along in August. 



Large Montmorency— Very hardy and an immensebearer; commences 

 to truit while young, and is loaded annually thereafter with fine crops, 

 i-ruit very large, fine flavor, and of bright, clear, shining red- valuable 

 everywhere. Ripens midway between Early Richmond and English 

 Morello; trees strong growers. 



Late Duke— Fruit large; dark red, late and fine. Trees are early pro- 

 ducers, prolific and good growers. Ripens late in July. 



Louis Phillippe — Extra hardy; vigorous grower and verv productive; 

 large size; rich dark red; flesh red, tender, juicy, with mild sub-acid 

 flavor. A valuable variety that is being planted largelv; valuable for all 

 purposes. Ripens in July. 



May Duke — Large, dark red, juicy and rich, and an excellent variety; 

 productive. The May Duke comes into bearing as early as any of the 

 Dukes or Morellos; it is a vigorous grower and makes an abundance of 

 wood each season; the fruit is pleasing to the eye and of fine 

 rich sub-acid flavor; delicious for eating and the choicest for canning. 

 It ripens early in May, which is: a desired quality. 



Olivet— This variety is of the greatest value. Fruit large; flesh red, 

 with ros(^colored juice, tender, rich and vinous, with mild sub-acid flavor. 

 As productive as the best of the Duke sorts, and probably the largest of 

 this class. Ripens in June and is largely grown for the leading markets. 



QUINCE TREES. 



This is a very valuable fruit and profitable when well grown and 

 cared for. It is of late years being planted quite extensively. The 

 Quince succeeds on most any kind of land, over a wide territory, and un- 

 der varied climatic conditions. It does best, however, on good, rich, 

 heavy soil underlaid wath clay. On land of this character the trees seem 

 to live longer and endure careless or indifferent cultivation and in 

 fact, we have seen them produce good crops from year to year under 

 these unfavorable conditions on land of this kind. There is always a 

 good demand for Quinces; we have never yet seen the time when a good 

 fair fruit could not be disposed of at a paying price. The Quince is used 

 almost exclusively for canning by itself, and often to good advantage 

 mixed with other fruits to add to their flavor and lusciousness.When used 

 for this purpose one quart of Quinces to five of the other fruit is about 

 the proper proportions. The Quince comes into bearing three to four 

 years after being planted and thereafter fruits annually. Prepare the 

 ground the same as for the other fruits as directed in the beginning of 

 this work. For orchard planting set' the trees fifteen feet apart each 

 way. You can for several years grow low growing vegetables or some 

 of the small fruits with them, preferably the Strawberry or Currant, or 

 both, by planting the Strawberry between the rows of trees and the Cur- 

 rants between the trees in the row. When this system is adopted we can 

 cultivate only one way. We have gro-mi these small fruits in a Quince 

 orchard for a number of years and found them a desirable and profitable 



