LEAFLET 218, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



Concord, later. One or two Montmorency (sour) cherry trees will 

 furnish adequate fruit for canning. The Stanley plum, a prune type 

 good fresh or canned, comes into bearing early and seems to be 

 widely adapted, whereas the Shropshire plum, a damson, is a good 

 late tart variety suitable for jellies and preserves. Among the pears 

 suggested Kieffer, although not of high quality, is one of the most de- 

 pendable for home use, particularly in the southern half of the region 

 1 wo or more varieties each of sweet cherries, pears, some plums 

 black walnuts, Chinese chestnuts, filberts, blueberries, and apples 

 must be planted for cross-pollination and adequate fruit set 



In the more northern districts, 1 and 2, it is best to plant either red 

 or black raspberries, not both, for the red raspberry often has a virus 

 disease that spreads to black raspberries and quickly kills them. 



Table 1.— Varieties suggested for medium-sized gardens in representative parts of 



the districts of figure 1 



DISTRICT 1 (NORTHERN PENNSYLVANIA AND HIGHLANDS OF MARYLAND OHIO 



AND WEST VIRGINIA) 



Fruit 



Variety 



Month ripe 



Plants 



Length 

 of row 



Strawberry. 



/Howard 17 (Premier) 

 ICatskill... 



June.. 



Number 

 50 

 50 

 20 

 20 

 3 

 3 

 3 

 2 



1 



Feet 

 100 







Raspberry 



/Latham (red) 



July 



100 





\Bristol (black)... 



do 





Grape (in favorable lo- 



[Delaware 



August 



50 





< Niagara 



September 



24 



Cherry 



[Concord 



do ::::;; 



24 

 24 





flmperial Epineuse 



July 



August to September 

 do 



30 



Plum... 



iReine Claude 



15 





1 Stanley 





15 





(Shropshire.... 



do 



15 



Pear 



fGorham 

 JSeckel 



do 



15 

 20 





(Bartlettl— 



do 



... do 



20 





[Lodi 





20 



Apple 



Wealthy 



September "—"/_._. 



30 

 30 





Jonathan. .. 



September "to October. 

 October 



30 





(.Golden Delicious. 



30 









30 



DISTRICT 2 (CENTRAL NEW JERSEY, CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN PFMM^vt 



T^t ™? Q BN VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGI NIA, OHIO, C ENTRlIlNmlNA C S 

 TRAL ILLINOIS, AND CENTRAL MISSOURI) ^^iaina, cjlm- 



Strawberry. 

 Blackberry. 



Raspberry. _ 



Blueberry 



Grape. 



Cherry 

 Plum.. 



Peach. 



Pear. 



Apple. 



/Howard 17 (Premier) 



ICatskill 



Eldorado. 



[Chief (red) '_'_'_" 



< Latham (red) ------ 



(Cumberland (black) 



'Pioneer 



Stanley _" 



Pemberton 



[Portland III"" 



I Delaware 



(Niagara ~~~_~ 



(Concord 



Montmorency... 

 flmperial Epineuse 



^Stanley 



(Shropshire 



[Golden Jubilee 

 <Halehaven_ 

 (Elberta . 



{Gorham.. 

 Seckel "III — 

 Duchess 

 Kieffer '_'_ 



(Lodi or Yellow Transparent 



IJonathan 



(Golden Delicious.— —Ill" 

 (Stayman Winesap '_'_'.". 



June. 



— .do 



July .:::::: 



June 



do : 



do 



July 



do 



do ..":::: 



August 



do .—_ _~. 



September. . . 



do ..:::" 



June 



July .::::"::::: 



September. 

 do 



July ..:::::: 



August 



September 



August 



—do — ::::::; 



September 



October 



August '_ 



September.. 



....do ..""III 



September to October. 



50 

 50 

 40 

 50 

 50 

 60 

 12 

 16 

 16 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 24 

 30 

 15 

 15 

 15 



40 



40 



40 



20 



20 



20 



20 



30 



30 



30 



30 



