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plied with facilities for exporting, it is safe to say that one-half 

 the crop was fed to stock or left to decay upon the ground and in 

 temporary storage. Not one-fifth of the bulk of this great crop 

 were long-keeping varieties, and even those connot be expected to 

 keep as well as usual. The lessons coming from this year's expe- 

 rience are, first, to plant winter varieties, and second, to provide 

 advanced facilities for using or keeping any possible amount of 

 fall and winter apples. 



Of other fruits, pears were not as good a crop as usual. Cherries 

 were very abundant; grapes below average. Raspberries were 

 generally injured the previous winter and gave but a small crop. 

 Strawberries were a great crop, and the season was prolonged by 

 rains. Snyder blackberry a great success, also Stone's Hardy. 

 Both varieties show themselves hardy enough to do without win- 

 ter protection on high, dry, light-colored soils. 



Our record of current events shows that we commenced lifting 

 trees April 5 and had four weeks for nursery trade ; June 8 to 

 July 1 picked strawberries ; July 5 to 20 picked raspberries ; 

 July 16 to 30 picked blackberries; July 26 commenced pick- 

 ing Tetofsky apples, two-thirds grown, for market, which brought 

 twice the money they would at full maturity four weeks later ; 

 September 1st commenced picking Utter for winter keeping, 

 nearly full size, following up with Plumb's Cider, Fameuse, etc., 

 through the month. These all promise to keep well through win- 

 ter ; all in bu?hel cases : September 27 commenaed lifting trees 

 for fall delivery; November 9, last day of fall work; Novem- 

 ber 12 ground froze up; November 29, twelve inches of ice on 

 the pond ; ground froze up dry, and great danger to the roots of 

 all delicate trees and plants from spring killing. Blight was not 

 prevalent except in rich grounds and with high culture. Our 

 experiments show that an excessive flow of sap, under favorable 

 conditions of atmosphere, will develop blight in some of its many 

 forms, at will. Fruit growers are more and more coming to the 

 conclusion that the bearing orchard should be seeded down and 

 moderately pastured, as a means of promoting health and longevity. 



Mr. Lawrence was called upon to give an account of his grapes 



