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although the attendance was not large. Officers for the next year 

 are J. S. Harris, of La Crescent, president ; A. J. Philips, vice 

 president; L. W. Brigham, of La Crosse, secretary, and L. H. 

 Paramell, treasurer. They reported a membership of about forty 

 for the past year. Mr. Wilcox gives favorable reports of his 

 young nursery at La Crosse. He showed fine specimens of fruit 

 and trees. He is still firm in the belief that it needs hardy stocks 

 to make trees stand in this climate. I have not seen him since 

 the very cold weather, but I am satisfied he has not changed his 

 mind. 



TWELFTH DISTICT — J. M. SMITH, GREEN BAY. 



Counties — Brown, Kewaunee, Door and Oconto. — My report 

 for this district for the year past will be very short. The apple 

 crop has been the largest ever knowD. All things considered, the 

 Duchess is the most certain of any of our varieties to give the 

 owner a fair return for his investment and labor, unless it is the 

 Fameuse. If I were going to set an orchard of any size in this 

 district, I should certainly make it up largely of these two varie- 

 ties. Some trees of the Walbridge variety have been set within 

 a few years past, and as far as my knowledge of them extends, 

 they are doing well, and promise well for the future. 



The grape crop has been a fair one. In one instance I have 

 known the Delaware to drop its leaves to so great an extent as to 

 nearly ruin the crop. Agawam was in some instances injured by 

 mildew. 



Strawberry crop only a moderate one. Wilson still keeps the 

 lead as a market berry. Last summer my Crescents bore a heavier 

 crop in proportion to the area they covered than the Wilson. I 

 found them too soft to ship any considerable distance. I shall 

 try them still farther and give them as fair a test next season as 

 I know how, and will report the result. 



The crop of wild blackberries has been very large, many more 

 than could be used in our home market. They are shipped to 

 points farther south. 



The crop of wild raspberries was also fair. The crop of plums 

 was the largest that I have ever known in this portion of the 

 state. The Miners bore for the first time about here. I do not 



