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solid to endure carrying. I should like to 
add for (6) October Purple or Climax, both 
fine—but not Wickson and not Hale and not 
Satsuma, all of which have done very poorly 
with me. 
For half a dozen pears, being a grower of 
fifty sorts, I am still a little undecided which 
to select. But it is plain that Bartlett must 
be (1). This pear has stood the test for two 
generations, and nothing has been able to el- 
bow it from the farm. It is grand for canning 
and for every other purpose conceivable. 
Remember, however, that it must be picked 
before it is colored, and must be stored in a 
cool dark room to ripen. (2) Clapp’s Favor- 
ite. [his pear averages a little larger than 
Bartlett and is a delicious fruit, provided you 
pick it at least ten days before it is ripe— 
otherwise it is sure to rot at the core before 
it is usable. For (3) you can not do better 
than take Flemish Beauty, provided you can 
protect it from scab, by spraying. I promised, 
however, that my list should exclude very 
troublesome fruit, and this grand old pear is 
one of the worst. In its place take Sheldon, 
one of the plainest looking, but large and de- 
licious pears, ever produced. The tree is not 
as long lived as some, but ranks well with the 
Bartlett. For (4) select Vermont Beauty, 
or you may take Bartlett Seckel. Both of 
these are crossbred pears of exceedingly high 
rank. ‘The latter has a very strong tree, and 
the fruit is about half way between Bartlett 
and Seckel. For a quiet home a little round- 
headed Seckel should come as (5). It will 
stand most anywhere, and looks as well on the 
lawn as in the orchard. Pick them as soon as 
they begin to drop and store in a cool room. 
For (6) we shall have to take Anjou; all in 
all the grandest pear in existence, counting 
in the perfect growth of the tree, the huge 
crops, the melting and rich nature of the 
fruit, and the fact that it will keep until Janu- 
ary in an ordinary cellar. Pick in October 
and store in shallow bins. Now I have left 
out Lawrence, because the tree is not long 
lived; Bosc because the tree is a wretched 
grower; and I have left out some other fine 
ones because you will not have room for them; 
but with those named you will have pears 
from early August until midwinter. 
I confess that one of the hardest problems 
to solve is that of selecting half a dozen apples 
best suited for a quiet country home. There 
are some two thousand listed apples at present, 
and of these there are at least a good hundred 
that are strong applicants for favor. How- 
ever, let us see what we can do with Yellow 
Transparent as (1), a most delightful apple, 
ripening about July 2oth. It has but 
one rival that is worth mentioning, and I 
am afraid that Lieveland Raspberry will not 
be a universal success. For (2) we will have 
Red Astrachan, a good sized apple of extraor- 
dinary beauty, and the finest flavor for 
cooking and making jelly. The tree is hardy, 
bears only every other year, and the fruit is 
rather tart for dessert. About the last of 
August we shall find our (3) in the Chenango 
Strawberry or Sherwood’s Favorite. This 
is the real summer Strawberry, although 
another apple of inferior quality bears that 
name. It is one of the most delicious that 
grows or ripens at any season. The tree is 
rather small and compact, and needs to be 
well trimmed to keep it from loading with 
insignificant fruit. It can be grown where 
you have only a small garden corner or lawn. 
I leave out Sweet Bough, that dear old apple 
of our boyhood, because it is so subject to all 
sorts of insects, and I make (4) Gravenstein, 
a large noble fruit; while for early winter 
I name as (5) McIntosh, and designate it as 
one of the finest apples in existence. It is a 
seedling of Fameuse, and utterly displaces that 
fine old apple. It is the equal in quality, but 
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