May, 1909 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
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larger and cleaner and keeps much longer. 
With Northern Spy as (6) we have our list 
completed, and the real king among apples 
named. I am sorry that we have to leave out 
Hubbardston Nonsuch, Rhode Island Green- 
ing and Spitzenburg. You can, however, 
graft these and two or three more into the 
limbs of those which you plant. One tree 
may easily bear two or three varieties to 
accommodate a small country home. Our list 
still leaves out a good half dozen that ought 
te find a place. Among these are Stayman’s 
Winesap, the best of all the Winesaps; King 
David, which Stark Bros. pronounce the best 
of all apples; Delicious, another superb fruit 
from the same quarter; Winterstein, created 
by Burbank, and much like Gravenstein, only 
keeping all winter. For filling in between 
rows and for lawn growing, Wealthy is a 
compact little tree, and the fruit is about the 
cleanest and safest from worms of all fall vari- 
aties. I leave out Jonathan and Grimes Golden 
simply because they are not adapted to all 
sections, but do their best in sandy soil. For 
sweet apple take the old Pound Sweet, pro- 
vided you can grow it in abundant sunshine. 
Two new sorts of splendid quality are Danchy 
and Sconondoah; while for Crab select Ex- 
celsior. 
Cherries are not planted by any means as 
freely as they ought to be. “They constitute 
a splendid home fruit, both for dessert and 
cooking. ‘The trees are small and will grow 
well around the borders of the plantation. 
Nothing is more beautiful than a cherry tree, 
either in bloom or in fruit. Curculios do a 
little damage, but the birds are the chief 
hindrance. To cover a cherry tree with mos- 
quito netting costs from one dollar to three 
dollars. ‘The netting will last from three to 
four years, if carefully removed and stored 
after the cherries are picked. This cover- 
ing will keep the birds off, and at the same 
time the fruit can hang on the trees until dead 
ripe. A dead-ripe cherry is seldom seen in 
market. You can divide the sorts into two 
classes, the sour cherries and the sweet cher- 
ries. Of the sour varieties there are twenty 
or more sorts, and every one of them fairly 
good. ‘The earliest is Early Richmond, and 
this is a clean growing, productive sort, but 
the fruit is rather small and sour. I should 
select Olivet, Montmorency, May Duke, 
Baldwin and Wragg, with perhaps the old 
English sort Morello. Suda Hardy is another 
splendid variety. Of the sweet sorts Gov. 
Wood is about the best in quality, most pro- 
ductive and vigorous in growth. Black Tar- 
tarian is another vigorous grower and bears 
immensely a black cherry. Napoleon and 
Rockport are both superb varieties. Allen 
is a new sort, with meaty and rich fruit, and 
ripens late. After this comes Dikeman, 
another new sort of splendid quality and very 
hardy. I am growing a few of the Russian 
sorts, and find them all good, but not superior 
to those named. I have not tried Mercer, but 
this new kind is very surely a splendid addi- 
tien to our list. 
Another fruit that every garden should 
hold more freely is the quince. The tree is 
generally hardy, and the fruit buds endure 
zero weather. Plant the quince behind 
hedges and out of reach of the winter sun. 
The old orange quince is the one most gener- 
ally seen, but I am planting both here and in 
Florida Meech’s Prolific, an early quince; 
and for late keeping the Champion. Then I 
would add Bourgeat, a new quince of the 
best quality; very large and said to be entirely 
free from blight. It bears as high as two or 
three bushels to a tree. The quince goes so 
far in matters of housekeeping that I would 
have a few bushels anyhow. I have seen 
them planted in the shrubbery as ornamentals, 
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