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spring all over this lower peninsula. I saw in Oakland county, on the 

 plains, large apple trees, most of them Baldwins, dead and dying by the 

 acre. It was a terrible slaughter. 



A great many fruitgrowers declared they never would plant any more 

 Baldwins or tender varieties. But as time wears on we change. Our 

 admiration for the Baldwin comes back. Knowing well its excellence and 

 commercial value, we are induced to try again, and in my opinion not 

 without hope ; for we have good stocks upon which to graft the Baldwin 

 and other tender sorts, that will stand our rigorous climate, especially in 

 this lower peninsula, and the Lyscom is one of them. 



I had Lyscoms in the nursery the cold winter of 1874-5, one and two 

 years old, and they were not harmed in the least, not even the terminal 

 buds. The Lyscom not only has the hardiness, but the health, vigor, and 

 potency, as far as my exjperience goes, over any other stock I ever grafted. 

 And now for the proof. 



I will give you my observation and experience with the Red Canada : ( 1 ) 

 root grafted; (2) top grafted on seedlings four years old; (3) on Northern 

 Spy; (4) on Lyscom, compared with all the rest; (5) on Transcendent 

 crab. 



ROOT GRAFTED. 



Time, 26 years, giving circumference. Soil, clay loam. Tree No. 1, 

 28^ inches; No. 2, 28; No. 3, 33^; No. 4, 35|; No. 5, 36|; No. 6, 37|; aver- 

 age, 33 1-6. 



TOP GRAFTED ON CHOICE SEEDLINGS FOUR YEARS OLD. 



Time, 22 years; soil, sandy loam. Tree No. 1, circumference, 24 inches; 

 No. 2, 26; No. 3, 30i; No. 4, 32; No. 5, 35; No. 6, 38|; average, 31. 



TOP-GRAFTED ON NORTHERN SPY, THREE YEARS OLD. 



Time, 25 years; soil, clay loam. Tree No. 1, circumference 37| inches; 

 No. 2, 37i; No. 3, 38; No. 4, 38; No. 5, 40; No. 6, 41; average, 38 3-7. 



TOP-GRAFTED ON LYSCOM, TWO YEARS OLD. 



Time, 22 years; soil, sandy loam. 



Have only three trees thus treated. Tree No. 1, circumference, 46^ 

 inches; No. 2, 47; No. 3, 47; average, 46 5-6. 



Comparing the Red Canada on Lyscom with Red Canada root-grafted, 

 we have a ditference of 13| inches in circumference in favor of the former, 

 giving the latter six years' advantage in time. 



Comparing Red Canada on Lyscom with Red Canada top-grafted on 

 seedlings, we have a difference of 15 5-6 inches in circumference in favor 

 of the former, giving the latter two years' advantage in time. 



Comparing the Red Canada on Lyscom with Red Canada on Northern 

 Spy, we have a difference of 8 17-42 inches in circumference in favor of 

 the former, giving the latter five years' advantage in time. 



