FRUIT REPORTS. 
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INDIANA. 
BY PROF. JAMES TROOP, LAFAYETTE, CHAIRMAN. 
1. Fruit Sections — More or less fruit is grown over the entire State, but 
the principal fruit sections are situated in the northern, northeastern, eastern 
and southern portions of the State. The southern half of the State is espe- 
cially adapted to the growing of fine fruit of all kinds, although very fine 
apples, pears, plums and some peaches are grown along the northern border. 
2. Soil— The finest apples and pears are grown on the strong clay loam 
underlaid with limestone. A lighter soil is desirable for peaches and plums. 
The price per acre for good fruit land varies from $10.00 to $75.00 per acre, 
depending upon the location, nearness to market, etc. I know of no bearing 
orchards being sold, but' as high as $190.00 per acre has been offere'd for an 
orchard just coming into bearing. 
3. Varieties: Apples— Ben Davis, Grimes Golden, Smith Cider, Winesap, 
Oldenburg, Maiden Blush, Wealthy, Yellow Transparent, Baldwin (in north), 
Stark. Pears— Kieffer, Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, Anjou, Angouleme, Howell. 
Seckel, Sheldon, Lawrence, Louise Bonne. Peaches — Elberta. Crawford 
Early and Late, Smock, Oldmixon Free, Heath Cling, Goldendrop, Stump, 
Wheatland, Mountain Rose. Plums— Wildgoose Newman, Robinson, Shrop- 
shire, Arctic, Shipper Pride, Green Gage, Lombard, Burbank, Abund- 
ance. Cherries — Early Richmond, Montmorency, Dyehouse, English 
Morello, May Duke, Wood, Windsor. Quince— Orange, Meeclg Cham- 
pion, Missouri, Rea. Grapes — Worden, Concord, Ives, Campbell, Brighton, 
Salem, Agawam, Niagara, Diamond, Pocklington. Currants and Gooseber- 
ries — Pomona, Red Dutch, Fay, Victoria, Wilder, White Grape, Downing. 
Champion, Houghton, Smith. Blackberries — Snyder, Stone, Taylor, Erie, 
Briton, Minnewaska, Eldorado, Raspberries — Gregg, Palmer, Ohio,. 
Kansas, Conrath, Nemaha, Eureka, Hilborn, Gutlibert, Marlboro, Lon- 
don, Shaffer, Columbian. Miller. Strawberries— Bubach, Haverland, Clyde, 
Warfield, Jerry Rusk, Greenville, Brandywine, Ridgeway, Hoosier, Gandy. 
4. Cultivation— Very few persons practice cultivating their orchards more 
than one or two years; many not that long. Corn, beans and potatoes are the 
crops mostly grown in the young orchards. 
5. Cover Crops — Crimson clover is grown by a few, but as it does not 
stand the winters many prefer rye; by far the greater number sow nothing. 
Cover crops are used to prevent washing and also to retain the soluble plant 
food. 
6. Fertilizers — Very little is used after the orchard is planted. Some use 
cow peas which are plowed under, but the greater number use nothing. 
7. New Varieties— Jerry Rusk and Hoosier strawberries originated in Del- 
aware county. They are both staminate varieties and bid fair to rival 
Bubach and Haverland in productiveness and quality. There are numerous 
other seedlings that have not been introduced for general cultivation. 
8. Insects and Diseases — The canker worm, San Jose scale (in certain sec- 
tions) and plum curculio are among the most troublesome insects to handle, 
and plum rot and apple scab among the diseases. Where thorough spraying 
with Bordeaux mixture,) Paris green, whale oil soap and kerosene emulsion 
is practiced all of these pests are easily managed. 
9. Irrigation— Not practiced to any extent; now and then there is one who 
uses sub-irrigation on a small scale with very good results, mostly for small 
