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CRAB APPLES. 
Whitney: A large crab of high quality, suitable for planting in the 
extreme north where other apples will not succeed. May be used for 
dessert or cooking. 
Martha: An early crab of fair quality. 
Transcendent: Yellowish crab, season early autumn. 
Hyslop: Dark, rich, red crab, of late season, quality only fair. 
CHERRIES. 
Hardy varieties suitable for any portions of the Province bounded by 
Lakes Ontario, Erie, Huron and the Georgian Bay: Orel, Richmond, 
Montmorency, Russian 207. For southern sections see district lists. 
PEACHES. 
GENERAL List FoR N1AcaRA District ONLY. 
Commercial: *Alexander, St. John, tEarly Crawford, *Champion, 
tBrigdon or Garfield, tFitzgerald, TReeves, fNiagara, Elberta, *Old- 
mixon, Beers Smock. 
Domestic: Hynes, St. John, Early Crawford, Oldmixon, Crosby, 
Stevens, Lemon Free. 
*Should be planted with caution and must receive high culture. 
TVery similar and any of these varieties may be set, but all are not 
needed to cover the season. 
PEARS. 
Commercial: Giffard, Clapp, Bartlett, Boussock, Flemish (hardy, 
subject to spot), Howell, Louise, Duchess, Bosc, Clairgeau, Anjou, 
Kieffer. 
Domestic: Summer Doyenne, Giffard, Bartlett, Flemish (for the 
north), Sheldon, Seckel, Bosc, Anjou, Lawrence, Josephine, Nelis. 
PLUMS. 
ComMMERCIAL AND DomEsTIc: 
Americana: These are extremely hardy and desirable where the 
European and Japanese varieties cannot be grown; Aitkin, Cheney, 
Bixby, Mankato, Wolf, Hawkeve, Stoddard. 
European: Bradshaw, Imperial Gage, Gueii, Shipper Pride, Lome 
bard (liable to overbear, requires thinning), Quackenboss, Yellow 
Egg, Grand Duke, Golden Drop (Coe), Reine Claude (one of the best 
for canning). 
Japanese: These are apparently quite as hardy as the European! 
varieties: Red June, Abundance, Burbank, Chabot, Satsuma (red 
fleshed, desirable for canniny). 
