408 SELECT LISTS OF VARIETIES. 



UNPRODUCTIVE. 



Early Harvest, fine; Bough, Rhode Island Greening 1 , 

 Roxbury Russet, Baldwin, Newtown Pippin, fine south; 

 worthless north. 



EARLY BEARERS 



The following apples and pears come soon into bearing, 

 in most localities, and are consequently well adapted for 

 new residences : 



Apples — Red Astrachan, Sops of Wine, Summer Sweet 

 Paradise, Late Strawberry, Oldenburgh, Dyer, Porter, 

 Baldwin, Bullock's Pippin, Hawthomden, Jonathan. 



Pears — Bartlett, White Doyenne, Julienne, Washington, 

 Dearborn's Seedling, Madeleine, Andrews, Buffum, Belle 

 Lucrative, Onondaga, Oswego Beurre, Easter Beurre, Passe 

 Colmir. 



TREES T0 SUPPLY A FAMILY. 



No two persons would agree on the number of fruit trees 

 required to keep up a good supply of fruit for a family of 

 medium size. With any ordinary number, some seasons 

 would cause a deficiency, and others occasion a large sur- 

 plus. Good or bad cultivation would also make a difference 

 of four-fold. The following may, however, be regarded as 

 a full average, taking all circumstances into account, in 

 connexion with good management, and will frequently 

 afford a large surplus : 



40 apple trees, with a full share of long keepers. 



20 pear trees, 



15 peach trees, 



12 cherry trees, 



10 plum trees, 

 6 apricots, 



4 nectarines, ' 



5 quinces, 



4 grape vines, 

 30 currant bushes, 



15 gooseberry bushes, 

 20 raspberry bushes, 



5 square rods of strawberries. 



