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FARM GARDEN 



FARM GARDEN 



Varieties of large fruits. 



The nursery catalogues give long lists of varieties 

 of all of the large fruits, and from their description 

 it would seem as if all were valuable, when in any 

 one locality perhaps a half-dozen varieties comprise 

 nearly all of the valuable qualities desired. Varieties 

 suggested as excellent for general cultivation for 

 home use are as follows : 



Apples: Summer: Astrachan, Oldenburg, Will- 

 iams, Yellow Transparent. — Autumn : Gravenstein, 

 Mcintosh, Wealthy, Fall Pippin. — Winter: Hubbard- 

 ston, Jonathan, King, Baldwin, R. I. Greening, Spy. 



Pears: Clapp, Bartlett, Seckel, Sheldon, Rose, 

 Hovey. 



Peaches: Mountain Rose, Oldmixon, Crawford 

 Early, Elberta. 



Plums: Euro- ** 

 p e a n : Bradshaw, 

 Lombard, Imperial 

 Gage, Damson, Lin- 

 coln, Quackenboss, 

 Fellenburg, General 

 Hand. — Japanese : 

 Abundance, B u r - 

 bank, Wickson, Oc- 

 tober Purple. 



Cherries: Sweet: 

 Governor Wood, 

 Yellow Spanish, 

 Black Tartarian, 

 Downer Late. — 

 Sour : Early Rich- 

 mond, Montmo- 

 rency. 



The f ollowingva- 

 rieties are adapted 

 for home use in the colder parts of Ontario and 

 Quebec (W. T. Macoun): 



Apples: Yellow Transparent, Duchess, Lowland 

 Raspberry, Langford Beauty, St. Lawrence, 

 Wealthy, Mcintosh, Fameuse, Swazie, Milwaukee, 

 Scott Winter, Baxter. 



Pears: Flemish Beauty, in favorable localities. 



Plums: American : Bixby, Mankato, Cheney, 

 Wolf, Hawkeye, Stoddard. — ^European : Mount 

 Royal, Raynes, Glass, Montmorency, Perdrigen. — 

 Russian : Early Red. 



Cherries: Orel 25, Ostheim (Minnesota), Mont- 

 morency. 



For Iowa (A. T. Erwin): 



Apples: Summer: Duchess, Lowland Raspberry, 

 Benoni. — Fall : Wealthy, Grimes Golden. — Winter; 

 Roman Stem, Jonathan, Stayman Winesap, Gano. 



Crahs: Florence, Whitney. 



For severe locations in northern Iowa : 



Apples: Duchess, Charlamoff, Patten Greening, 

 Wealthy, Okabena. 



Pears: Seckel, Lincoln, Longworth, Kieffer. 



Peaches: Champion, Greensboro, Hill Chili, Russell. 



Plums: Wyant, Brittlewood, Hunt, Hammer, 

 Wild Goose, Miner. 



Cherries: Montmorency, Early Richmond. 



For Colorado, eastern slope (W. Paddock) : 



Apples: Summer : Yellow Transparent, Red June, 

 Oldenburg.— Fall : Wealthy, Utter, Plum Cider.— 

 Winter: Jonathan, Stayman Winesap, Delicious. 



Plums : DeSoto, American Eagle, Arctic. 



Cherries: Montmorency, Morello. 



For Colorado, western slope : 



Apples: Summer: Yellow Transparent, Red June, 

 — Fall : Maiden Blush. — Autumn : Strawberry. — 

 Winter : Jonathan, Winesap, Rome Beauty, Grimes, 



Pears: Bartlett, Howell, Seckel. 



Peaches: Crawford, Elberta, Mountain Rose. 



Plums : Burbank, Italian Prune, French Prune. 



Cherries : Mayduke, Black Tartarian, Bing. 



For Alabama (R. 

 S, Mackintosh): 



Apples: Early: 

 Early Harvest, As- 

 trachan, Horse, Red 

 June. — Autumn : 

 Buncombe, Equine- 

 tele. — ^Late : Wine- 

 sap, Terry, Yates. 



Figs : Celestial, 

 Brunswick, Brown 

 Turkey, Lemon, 

 Green Ischia. 



Pears: Kiefer, 

 LeConte, Garber. 



Pecans : Stuart, 

 Frotscher, Pabst, 

 Centennial. 



Peaches : Sneed, 

 Greensboro, Alex- 

 ander, Mamie Ross, 

 Carman, Elberta, Family Favorite, Belle, Mountain 

 Rose, Emma, Gen. Lee, Globe, Picquet, Columbia. 



Persimmons, Japanese : Hachiya, Yemen, Okame, 

 Tsura-no-ko, Yedo-Ichi, Hiyakume. 

 Pomegranates : Acid, Large Sweet, Spanish Ruby. 

 Plums: Red June, Burbank, Abundance, Gonzales. 



Gathering fruit for hmne use. 



Most fruits for home use should be allowed to 

 ripen on the tree, and with low-headed trees this can 

 be done, if there is a mulch on the surface so that 

 fruits that fall on the ground will not be much in- 

 jured. With early, bright-colored apples, this is the 

 practice of many growers. The fruit is allowed to 

 color perfectly, when it falls to the ground and is 

 picked up every morning and marketed in open 

 bushel-boxes. Pears should be allowed to reach full 

 maturity, but should be picked while hard and 

 ripened in a dark, dry place. Peaches, plums and 

 cherries should get mellow on the tree before being 

 picked for home use. For market and to extend the 

 season, all of these fruits may be picked before they 

 are mellow, but they should be fully grown, and 

 may be kept several weeks or months if put in 

 cold-storage at a temperature between 32° and 

 33°, The season may be considerably extended 

 without cold-storage by gathering at one time only 

 the fruits that are fully ripe. 



Dwarf apples, on doucin roots. These roots are not hardy 

 in the upper Mississippi vaUey, 



