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Mr. Wiley: I have a peach I bought for Wager; it is very yellow, as 

 much so as Golden Drop; in seasons of drouth it becomes dry and mottled; 

 this defect is only partially overcome by thinning; it is hardy and prolific. 



Mr. Pearce: My experience is the same as that of Mr. Wiley, and so 

 I think that what Mr. Brown has is not the Wager; in good seasons it is 

 a good peach — it is good on the average. 



Two others said they had Wager and that the fruits drop and must be 

 sold as culls, though their quality is good. 



Mr. Lannin: I would not set Wager, and must place Richmond with it 

 as to worthlessness. 



Snow's Orange was commended as " one of the best peaches a poor man 

 can plant." 



A lady enquired as to the Globe. A member said he waited nine years 

 before he got a good crop of Globe; he has fifty trees. 



Mr. Morrill: It is nineteen years, I guess, that I have been trying to 

 get one. 



Mr. Lyon was appealed to, but made no answer. 



Mr. Morrill : He shakes his head; he's not old enough to have gotten 

 a full crop. 



Diamond was said to be a very rich peach — the best of all peaches in 

 quality. It ripens with the Late Crawford, said Mr. Morrill, but is not 

 quite so large as that peach; it is uniform in size, a very handsome thing. 

 I think I shall set more of it, to sell as clings, for there is a demand for 

 clings. • 



COUNTY REPORTS. 



Mr. D, W. Wiley, reporting for Allegan county, said: There were cer- 

 tain new experiences to the fruitgrowers of western Allegan county, last 

 season, among them the most severe drouth known to that region. Yet 

 the peach crop was much better than we expected it to be, showing what 

 cultivation and thinning will do. We had expected almost complete fail- 

 ure. The season showed strikingly the effect of cultivation. Those 

 orchards which were not cultivated are in bad condition now. Apples 

 were a poor crop, Oldenburgh being the best of the fall varieties. It was 

 not so much affected by the codlin moth. Winter apples were a very poor 

 and light crop. There are differences of opinion among the growers as to 

 the value of spraying apples. The strawberry crop was a good one and 

 brought paying prices. Pears were a moderate crop, blight appearing to 

 a considerable extent. 



Mr. C. J. Monroe of South Haven: I can add little to what Mr. Wiley 



has said, because it so well covers conditions in my vicinity. There was a 

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