ity, and bringing the best price. It
keeps better, drops less, is of larger size, equal in quality, and will
bring as high a price, where known, as the Jonathan. In a commercial
orchard there should be few, if any, fall or summer varieties, unless
favorably located; they should be of the best shipping and market
varieties, as Early Ripe, Duchess of Oldenburg, Orange Pippin, Cooper's
Early White, Jefferis, Muster, and Dr. Watson. These are all early
bearers, very productive and salable, and of fine quality for table or
kitchen. Those best for a family orchard are Stayman, Winesap, Jonathan,
White Pippin, Mason's Orange, Summer Extra, Garretson's Early, Summer
Pearmain, Early Joe, Jefferis, Early Ripe, Duchess of Oldenburg, Dr.
Watson, Muster, and Wagener; and for sweet apples there are none better
than Broadwell, Ramsdell, Superb, Baltzby, and Mountaineer.

All these apples are early bearers, productive, and fine for family use,
and we cannot well discard any; but eight or ten trees, of summer and
fall varieties together, are enough to supply the largest family. It is
better, however, to plant one of each variety, that we may have a
succession of fruit throughout the season; also, if one variety should
fail, others might not. It would require a very long list to name all we
have tried and discarded, but we will name some: Rawle's Janet we
reject, as it runs too small and cracks badly; Ben Davis, Missouri
Pippin, Willow Twig, Gano, Arkansas Black and Mammoth Black Twig are all
productive, but of poor quality; Maiden's Blush, Lowell, Porter, Rome
Beauty, Western Beauty, Fulton, Trenton Early, Cole's Quince, and many
others, because they ripen too irregularly and drop too badly. The White
Winter Pearmain, Lawver, McAfee and Kansas Keeper blight badly and are
not sure bearers; Early Harvest and Red Astrachan are not hardy; Summer
Rose, Early Strawberry and Benoni are fine, but too small; Primate,
Chenango and Gulley of Pennsylvania are too tender to handle; Smith's
Cider, Hay's Wine, Fallawater, Scott's Best and Nonpareil Russet are
productive, but ripen early and are not profitable. Many Southern winter
varieties are too small, such as Haley, Gully, Kittageskee, and Harris.
Few if any Eastern winter apples are of any value here, as Northern Spy,
Baldwin, Canada Red, Swaar, Sutton Beauty and Melon all ripen too early,
and become poor, dry, fall apples. It is the same with all Northern
apples, from whatever source or locality.