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Pears— LeConte**, Keiffer**, Seckel*, Howell*, Angouleme*, Bartlett*, 
and quite a number of otlier varieties in suitable localities. 
Plums, of the Chickasaw type — Wild Goose**, Robinson**, Cumberland*. 
Of the European type for the mountain or middle region— Damson*, Green 
Gage*. Shipper Pride*, Lombard*. Of the Japanese plums— Abundance**, 
Burbank**, Cliabot**,- Red Nagate**, Wiekson**. 
Grapes (Laliruspa)— Concord**, Delaware*, Ives**, Niagara**, Brighton*, 
Moore*, Diamond*. (Rotiindifolia) — Scuppernong**, Thomas*. Flowers*, 
Tenderpulp*, James*. (Hybrids)— Salem*, Triumph*, Wilder*. 
Cherries in the mountain and middle region in favorable localities— the 
Morello class, and Tartarian and Wood. 
Mulberries — Downing*, Hicks**, Stubbs**. 
• Of strawberries, Hoffman is the best early variety in part of the State; in 
the northwest part, Michel is the best; Thompson, Sharpless, Wilson, 
Haverland and Bubach are old varieties that are still largely planted. Nut 
culture including pecans, walnuts, and chestnuts is largely on the increase. 
Apricots and nectarines have but little commercial value in this State. 
4. Cultivation. The commercial orchards as a rule receive good cultiva- 
tion, being usually plowed early in the spring and then where the surface is 
smooth enough cultivated with harrows or cultivators of some kind until 
about the first of August. Cotton is grown to a great extent in young 
orchards for the first three years. Vegetable crops’, including . melons, are 
grown in orchards by some careful cultivators. 
5. Cover Crops. There is not much attention paid to winter cover 
crops. Some plant peas in their orchard in mid-summer and allow the vines 
to remain as protection. Crimson clover is being introduced as a cover crop 
in a few orchards. 
6. Fertilizers. If any is used in young orchards, some nitrogenous fer- 
tilizer is generally selected. After the orchard comes into bearing a larger 
percentage of potash is preferred. 
7. New Varieties. Of promising new varieties of peaches, originated in 
this State, we will name Dewey, an early peach, ripening with Triumph, a 
free stone, vigorous grower and a heavy bearer, fruit of excellent quality; 
Schley, which ripens ten days earlier than Elberta, quality very good, free 
stone, yellow and a good bearer; Cooper, which resembles Elberta, and has 
its good qualities of prolific bearing, large size, good quality, free stone and 
about three weeks later than that variety; Mathews Beauty, as large as 
Elberta, yellowish flesh, free stone, skin yellow with red cheek, good quality, 
ripening about thirty days after Elberta; Hiley, claimed to be a seedling of 
Belle, about same size, skin almost covered with red, flesh white, free stone, 
ripens eight or ten days earlier than Belle. Of apples a number of new 
varieties are being introduced, which have at least a local value, but it is not 
proper to include them in a report until they are further tested. There is 
quite an interest in introducing new varieties of apples in our State, as var- 
ieties that originate with us appear to succeed better than those that are 
brought from the North and West. 
8. Insects and Diseases. The San Jose scale has been introduced in a 
number of localities of our State, but our State entomologist has been very 
energetic in hunting out these localities. Infested trees are promptly dug 
up and burned and heroic means are being used to stamp out this insect, and 
we believe it is entirely eradicated from a number of places where it has 
