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RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Plum. — Yellow Egg, Peach, Washington. 



Apple. — Red Astrachan, Gravenstein, Washington Strawberry, Wagner. 

 Pear. — Bartlett, Easter Buerre. 



LEADING VARIETIES. 



Apple. — Red June, Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, Gravenstein, Yellow 

 Bellflower, Smith's Cider, White Winter Pearmain, Yellow Newtown Pippin, 

 Wagner, Spitzenberg. 



Peach. — Alexander, Hale's Early, Crawford, Honest Abe, Salway. 



Pear. — Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Winter Nelis, Beurre d'Anjou, Beurre 

 Hardy, Easter Buerre, L. B. de Jersey. 



Cherry. — Black Tartarian, Royal Ann, Belle Magniflque. 



Plum. — Peach, Purple Egg, White Egg, Jefferson, Washington. 



Prune. — French, Hungarian, Silver. 



Fig. — Do not do well up here. Too cold and frosty. 



Small Fruits. — Only grown to a limited extent, only for home use 



Report of Mart Baechtel, Willits. 



I regret that I am not able to give you a more satisfactory report. It 

 arises chiefly from the fact that but few of the settlers know the varieties 

 of fruit they have in their orchards. Some orchards are over thirty years 

 old. The names of the varieties have been lost; many of the original 

 planters have sold out and left the country. Some grapes are grown on 

 the north side of the valley (southern exposure). Certain varieties of the 

 grape can be grown successfully in this section, especially if planted in 

 the hills. Surrounding the valley, the grape industry will become a very 

 successful pursuit I think after awhile. Vegetables grow well here. 



FRUITS RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Apple. — Summer: Red Astrachan, Early Harvest. Fall: Rambo, Grav- 

 enstein, Yellow Bellflower. Winter: Spitzenberg, Wagner, Baldwin, Yel- 

 low Newtown Pippin, Rhode Island Greening. 



Small Fruits. — Are grown by a few of the settlers in the valley — our soil 

 and climate are well adapted to their growth. I have grown strawberries 

 for twenty years, without irrigation, and they do well. Blackberries require 

 moist land; also currants. 



Report of L. Hoag, Booneville. 



We are thirty miles distant from the nearest railroad, and fruit raising 

 for market is limited. All of the hardier deciduous fruits do well and pro- 

 duce immense crops, if properly cultivated and pruned. Peaches and 

 pears make an immense growth and are of the finest flavor. It is but 

 recently that fruit has received any attention, and many varieties are now 

 being tested. 



RECOMMENDED FOR PLANTING. 



Early Crawford peach, Bartlett pear, French prune, Egg plum, Swaar, 

 Yellow Newtown Pippin, Spitzenberg, and Baldwin apples. Our people are 

 testing several other varieties that promise well, and are getting interested 

 in the fruit industry. 



