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is so different from any other pear and 

 might suffer by comparison because of 

 its small size, but it should have a place 

 in every garden as it is a certain bearer. 

 The YVorden Seckel is much larger than the 

 old-fashioned Seckel and is supposed to 

 be oi just as good quality, but in my ex- 

 perience it is not quite up to tin- standard 

 of the old variety; perhaps it behaves better 

 in other soils than it does in mine (a light 

 soil). 



Lawrence is the best late pear ; it will keep 

 until well into the winter, it is a good 

 cropper and the fruit is of a good quality. 



In some odd corner plant one crab apple, 

 a fruit deserving more attention, as there 

 is no jelly quite up to the standard of 

 that made from crab apples. The tree 

 is easily growm and produces freely. The 

 best variety is Transcendant, a beautiful 

 yellow. Yellow and Red Siberian are 

 also good varieties. 



The quince does well almost anywhere, 

 and under almost any conditions. In 

 fact, some people seem to think that the 

 quince thrives on neglect; it will do better 

 than almost any other tree under adverse 

 conditions, but it will repay good care. 

 Quinces make the finest of jelly and they 

 are delicious when baked or boiled and 

 excellent for making marmalade. The 

 best all-around variety is Champion, 

 a strong grower with very large fruits of 

 good quality. Other good varieties are 

 Meech's Prolific and Rhea's Mammoth. 



Plant peaches because they give good 

 returns so soon. The trees fruit fairly 

 well the third season from planting, 



Peaches can be grown almost anywhere 

 if the care be given. The soil must be 

 enriched from time to time, as the trees 

 are rank growers and heavy feeders. Ten 

 years ago the farmers on Long Island used 

 to sigh and think of the fine peaches they 

 grew years before but couldn't produce 

 any more. Some young man with up-to- 

 date ideas commenced growing peaches, 

 and the peaches produced from the middle 

 Island section for the last few years have 

 been up to the highest standard of quality. 



Early and Late Crawford are both good 

 varieties. Elberta is another valuable 



variety, very similar to Crawfords and if 

 anything a trifle better; the fruit is round 

 while the Crawfords are slightly oblong. 

 One of the largest peaches is the Globe, 

 which possesses quality as well as size. 

 Another excellent yellow-fleshed peach is 

 the Crosby. This is really the best yellow 

 peach in my experience. I place the 

 yellow-fleshed varieties thus: Crosby, 

 Elberta, Early Crawford, Late Crawford 

 and Globe. 



The best white-fleshed peaches are 

 Alexander, a medium sized fruit of ex- 

 cellent quality: Stump the World, very 

 large; Mountain Rose, the prettiest fruit 

 of the white-fleshed type; and Champion. 



Nectarines are merely bald peaches, but 

 are weaker and when grown out of doors 

 are very subject to all the ailments that 

 happen their family, such as curculio, 

 but if grown along a garden wall or in 

 some very sheltered place they can be 

 grown satisfactorily. The best varieties 

 for outdoor culture are Boston, Lord 

 Napier and Victoria. This last is really the 

 best variety but needs the most protection. 



If you can afford the space and are not 

 north of New York try one of the apricots. 

 To be sure it will not grow as well here as 

 in California, but it can be successfully 

 grown here; and picked ripe from the 

 tree the fruit is very delicious. Plant in a 

 sheltered place and a good rich soil. For 

 early, Alexander and Early Golden; late, 

 Harris and Moorpark. 



There is no more prolific tree than the 

 plum and the fruit can be used for many 

 purposes other than as a table fruit. The 

 trees are strong growers and outside of 

 serving as a prey for the San Jose scale, a 

 condition easily relieved by spraying, the 

 trees give no trouble after planting. And 

 moreover you don't plaint only for your 

 children; as the trees bear in three to 

 four years. It is peculiar that the 

 Japanese varieties seem to do better than 

 our own and the European varieties. I 

 do not say that the quality is any better. 



Abundance is one of the best of the 

 Japanese varieties, a free bearer and a 

 trifle earlier than the general plum crop. 

 Burbank is one of the largest fruited 



Home grown fruits of all kinds can be fully ripened on the trees and gathered in the very best condition 



Raspberries and blackcaps from the home garden 

 have a lusciousness otherwise impossible 



varieties. October Purple is the best late 

 variety. Other good ones are Wickson, 

 a remarkably good colored plum, carmine 

 red; Satsuma a handsome dark fleshed 

 sort like a beet. Among the others my 

 first choice would be Green Gage, not a 

 large plum, but when well grown and 

 thoroughly ripe, it is very juicy and of 

 spicy flavor. Imperial Gage is a larger- 

 fruited variety but not so luscious. Brad- 

 shaw is an old standby of the red type, 

 and German Prune is a good dark-colored 

 sort. 



Cherries are grouped into two classes — 

 the sweet cherry; and the cooking, or sour, 

 cherry. Cherry trees are all good sub- 

 jects as shade trees and are highly or- 

 namental in the landscape, besides serving 

 as bearers of delicious fruit. 



Of the sweet cherries, the black varieties 

 are the highest-flavored, and as a table 

 fruit they excel. Black Tartarian is one 

 of the best; Schmidt's Bigarreau is another 

 good sort ; Mercer is a good dark red cherry ; 

 Rockport Bigarreau and Governor Wood 

 are both light red varieties with little to 

 choose between them. Coe's Transparent 

 is a very large light red; handsome, very 

 meaty, but not quite so luscious as some 

 of the others. Slikeman and Downer's 

 Late Red are both worth consideration 

 on account of their lateness; the former is 

 the latest cherry we have; both are of 

 good quality. 



Of the sour cherries Early Richmond, 

 dark red, one of the best, is very pro- 

 ductive. Montmorency is about ten 

 days later than Richmond and the fruit 

 is larger. Other good sorts are English 

 Morello, very dark-colored, and Late 

 Duke, a good late variety. 



