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AMERICAN POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 
sheltered hill is always to be preferred as a guard against frosts, ice storms 
and the wintry blasts. 
T. S. GOLD, 
J. H. HALE, 
N. S. PLATT, 
R. S. HINMAN, 
Committee. 
DELAWARE. 
BY PROP. G. HAROLD POWELL, NEWARK, CHAIRMAN. . 
1. Fruit Sections— New Castle county adapted to apple, pear, plum. Hor- 
ticulture not developed. Kent county— Small fruits, grapes, peaches. Kieffer 
pear, apples, Japenese and native plums of the Wildgoose type. Sussex 
county— Peaches, small fruits, Kieffer pear, plums of the Wildgoose type. 
The fruit interest is most largely developed in Kent and Sussex counties. 
2. Soils— small fruits, peaches, Kieffer pears, plums and grapes a well drained 
loam, about equal parts of sand and clay with plenty of humus. Apples, a 
clay loam. 
Good orchard land can be bought from $10 to $30 per acre. Bearing 
orchard land from $50 to $100 per acre. 
3. Varieties— Apples— Astrachan**, Nyack Pippin*, Maryland Maiden Blush 
**, Lankford**, Gravenstein*, Missouri Pipping, Stayman Winesapf, Lilly of 
Kent t, Winesap**, York Imperial**. Pears— Kieffer**, Garber*, Elizabeth, 
Manning** , Bartlett**, Angoulene**, Lawrence**. Peaches — Foster*, Elberta**, 
Late Crawford**, Reeves Favorite**, Mt. Rose**, Oldmixon**, Fox Seedling*. 
Plums— Abundance*, Burbank**, Ogon*, Whittaker**, Wildgoose**, Miltonf, 
Newmanf, Smileyf. Strawberries — Bubach**, Tennessee**, Gandy**, Brandy- 
wine*, Seafordf, Greenville*, Haverland*. Red Raspberries — Miller**, Cutli- 
bert*. Black Raspberries — Souhegan*, Kansas*, Palmer**, Mills*. Black- 
berries — Wilson**, Early Harvest**. Dewberries — Lucretia**. 
4. All fruits except some apple orchards are cultivated during the grow- 
ing season. 
5. Crimson clover and cow peas. They increase nitrogen, supply humus, 
increase water-holding power of soil, indirectly liberate plant food from soil. 
Great benefit follows their judicious use. 
6. Muriate of potash, bone, rock, kainit, clover. Usually employ muriate, 
bone or rock, and clover. 
7. Shipley Late Red, Caper, Cannon, Dr. Black, peaches. Lilly of Kent, 
Jackson, Gibb, Kane, apples. Miller, raspberry (red). Seaford strawberry, 
8. Insects — Peach and plum curculio, peach borer, peach aphis, San Jose 
scale, rose bug, grape flea bettle, various species of aphids, apple curculio, 
codlin moth. 
Diseases— Monilia on stone fruits, peach yellows, apple, pear and quince 
blight, grape rots. Remedies— Paris green, for chewing insects. Kerosene, 
kerosene emulsion, and soap for sucking insects. Bordeaux mixture for fungi. 
9 and 11. Irrigation and evaporation not in use. 
12. Apples and pears uninjured. Plums— Native, uninjured. Japanese one- 
half crop. Red June, 75 per cent; Ogon, 75 per cent; Maru, 90 per cent; Bur- 
bank, 50 per cent; Abundance, 50 per cent; Kelsey 25 per cent; Satsuma, 10 
