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SYSTEMATIC POMOLOGY. 



AVHAT VARIETIES SHALL I PLANT? 

 To give a list of varieties best adapted to every part of the United 

 States would exceed the limits of this book. The question is best 

 answered by consulting the most experienced local fruit-growers, by 

 inquir}^ of the agricultural experiment stations, by studj' of the re- 

 ports and attendance upon the meetings of the local and State horti- 

 cultural societies, and by a stud}^ of the general experience of each 

 region as summed up in the biennial reports of the American Pomo- 

 logical Society. At the present writing this latter report is pul^lished 

 in Bui. No. 8 of the Division of Pomology of the United States Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, and may be obtained free upon application to 

 the United States Pomologist at Washington, D. C. 



DESCRIPTION OF VARIETIES. 



Alexaniler. 



Alexander. — Of Russian origin; tree vigorous, spreading, produc- 

 tive. In the West it is now largely supplanted by its Wisconsin seed- 



