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moderate crop of small fruits, which returned good prices, the strawberries 

 being best of all. The apple crop was a medium one, as to quantity, but 

 of poor quality. Many orchards suffered from the canker worm. Grapes, 

 at Lawton, sold at fair rates, but there was only a moderate crop, some 

 growers losing all by the May frost. There will be a great increase in the 

 setting of fruit trees and plants of all kinds next spring, 



Mr. A. S. Packaed of Covert: The same conditions obtained in my 

 vicinity as related for the others to the north. Small fruits were gener- 

 ally good, with strawberries extra; gooseberries were not a full crop, and 

 the apples were poor. Apples used to be good with us, but have of late 

 years failed, becoming scabby. I sprayed one hundred peach trees, in the 

 winter, for curl-leaf, with Bordeaux mixture, under the direction of the 

 California experiment station, and the effect was very noticeable when the 

 trees were in leaf. I had a three- fourths crop of peaches. Smock was 

 light, and Crawford a failure although such had not been the case before. 

 From two hundred and eight peach trees, four years old, I harvested three 

 hundred and eighty-six bushels, besides what we used and gave away, and 

 received for them $360. Peach prices were good. My business is largely 

 with order trade, very little fruit going to Chicago. 



Inquiry was made as to the effect of the lake upon apples. Mr. Wiley 

 said the best apple orchards of which he knew were within three quarters 

 of a mile of the lake, and had always been successful till the general fail- 

 ures of three years ago. So he did not think the influence of the lake 

 detrimental. 



Mr. J. A. Peaece of Grand Rapids: Apples, where uninjured by the 

 cacker worm, were a fair crop, nearly full; but many trees suffered injury 

 of that kind, rendering them useless for two years. Peaches, plums, and 

 pears were full crops. Late frosts hurt raspberries and grapes. Straw- 

 berries were injured by the drouth of the preceding year, and so were not 

 full crops except upon young and well kept plats. Spraying of apples is 

 conceded to have been very beneficial, where well done. My Wageners 

 were sprayed, with fine results, while the fruit of other kinds, untreated, 

 was worthless for anything but cider. I sprayed with Bordeaux mixture 

 twice — once before the leaves appeared, and again, with Paris green added, 

 after the blossoms fell. There will be a large setting of fruit of all kinds, 

 except apples. What was one of our best apple orchards, has been taken 

 out, to make way for peaches. Over 300,000 bushels of peaches were 

 raised about Grand Rapids. No variety wholly failed, though Wheatland 

 was but a partial crop. Mixon was good. There are but few Globes, and 

 these_bore about with Wheatland, a little better, perhaps. 



