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increasing their number beyond six kinds. I can 
speak from experience on this point, and I freely 
confess that my desire to have fifty varieties, instead 
of six, for market purposes, has been a loss to me of 
several thousand dollars. The Flemish Beauty, that 
does so well in many parts of the Hastern States, in 
the clay soils of New Jersey, is unworthy of a place 
among the list for market. The same is true of Eas- 
ter Beurré, Beurré Diel, Swan’s Orange and Louise 
bonne de Jersey, and a host of other varieties, that 
a few years ago were considered profitable market 
kinds, still [am compelled to abandon their culture, 
owing to their unreliability in the orchard. Again, 
a person, before selecting his list of varieties, should 
consult the fruit merchant, and learn of him the 
kinds that are in demand. For instance, the Belle 
Lucrative, a variety that I consider second to none, 
in vigor of growth, productiveness and quality of 
fruit, is quite unsaleable in the New York market, 
because it is not known to consumers. For the past 
three years I have sold them for less than half what 
Bartletts brought, although in quality the latter are 
much inferior on our soil. 
The horticultural societies throughout the coun- 
try have done and are doing great injustice to the 
public by offering large premiums for the greatest 
number of varieties, and then permitting those to be 
