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eties brought from Northern or Eastern States are deteriorated in quality 

 by our long, hot summers; several of the best eastern apples being entirely 

 worthless here. 



The following are the leading varieties grown: 



Apple. — White Winter Pearmain, Yellow Newtown Pippin, Black War- 

 rior, Ben Davis, Shockley, Romanite, Chattahooche, Equinatlee. 



Peach. — Briggs' Red May, Early Crawford, Alexander, Susquehanna, 

 Foster, Sanders', St. John, George IV, General Lee, Chinese Cling, Thurbur, 

 Lemon Cling, Brandywine, like Crawford's Late, only twenty days later, 

 Traber Cling, fine flavor, many of them one pound each, ripe in October, 

 Bilyeu's Late, Gibson's Late, large, fine, heavy bearer. 



Pear. — Dearborn, Bartlett, Winter Nelis, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Beurre 

 Hardy, Easter Beurre, Le Conte. 



Cherry. — Governor W T ood, Elton, Black Tartarian. 



Fig. — Brown Turkish, California Black. 



Prune. — Hungarian, German, French. 



Plum. — All the " Gages," General Hand, Sanders' Hybrid, Duane's Pur- 

 ple, Wild Goose, Shropshire Damson, Brill, DeCaradeuc. 

 Apricot. — Royal, Blenheim. 



NEW PEACHES. 



Fink's Cling, and Traber Cling. 



HUMBOLDT COUNTY. 



Report of Jackson Sawyer, Table Bluff. 



No varieties of fruit will do any good unless protected in the summer 

 from the north winds. I use for a windbreak native spruce and Monterey 

 cypress, both of which give good satisfaction. The soil is upland and has 

 a southern slope, and is about three miles from the ocean. Fruit grown for 

 home consumption and the surplus sold. The following varieties are grow- 

 ing here: 



Apple. — Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, Sweet Pearmain, Gloria Mundi, 

 Tolema Hawkin, Rhode Island Greening, Vandevere, Golden Russet, Fall 

 Pippin, three varieties of Russian. I have a seedling that is a fairly good 

 apple. 



Peach. — Early Crawford, Late Crawford, Salway, Foster. 



Pear. — Butter, Clapp's Favorite, Bartlett. 



Plum. — Green Gage, Bradshaw, Weaver, Yellow Egg. 



Prune. — Silver, French. 



Apricot. — Royal. 



Small Fruits. — Nearly all varieties of small fruits do fairly well. Rasp- 

 berries grow eight feet high, bearing well; mostly for home use; no induce- 

 ment to grow more, as there is no market. 



Report of Dr. 0. S. Phelps, Bloclsburg. 



Careful observation shows that several of the varieties of winter apples, 

 known as such in the Eastern States, and proving to be desirable near the 

 coast, five to ten miles, are only fall apples in this locality (Southern Hum- 

 boldt). The following would come under this head: Rhode Island Green- 

 ing, Baldwin, Northern Spy, Yellow Bellflower. While the above develop 

 the highest flavor, fine size, and abundant yield, they seem to all intents 



