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Elizabeth. A medium to small pear of the Seckel shape. Color is 

 yellow covered with a bright reddish brown cheek. Flesh firm. Fla- 

 vor is very good, being sweet and pleasant. Tree vigorous, a thrifty 

 grower and very productive. Ripens about August 20. Good for 

 market or home use. 



Fitzwater. Medium size, yellowish green, well covered with spots of 

 russet. Not an attractive looking fruit. Flavor very pleasant, sugary. 

 The tree is rather a low grower and is moderately productive. Ripens 

 about October 10. 



Garher. Of the Kieffer type. Fruit of good size. The tree grows 

 much like the Kieffer and is not as productive. Ripens earlier than 

 that varietv. Its color is a clearer vellow than the Keiflfer. No im- 

 provement on that variety. 



Groveland. A late variety of the Anjou type, resembling it in shape 

 and size. Hangs on better than that variety. Quality very good. 

 Ripens about two weeks after the Anjou. Moderately productive. 



Lawrence. A very good early winter variety. Of medium size, 

 roundish pyriform. Flavor sweet, aromatic,, very good. Color yellow 

 with numerous russet dots. Moderately thrifty grower and has a 

 spreading habit. Very productive. Ripens October 15. 



Morman Late. Of the Kieffer type but more distinctly pyriform. The 

 color is a dull yellowish, with a wax}^ appearance and touch. Flavor 

 much like that of the Kieffer. Stem very long. Promises to be quite 

 productive. Not as handsome as Kieffer. 



President. A large, smooth, roundish obovate pear of yellowish 

 green color, well covered with a sprinkling of russet. Flavor mild 

 and pleasant and the texture is a little coarse. The tree is vigorous 

 and thrifty and quite productive. Ripens about October 20. A good 

 variety for a fancy market. 



All of the early pears bore well. The earliest. Wilder Early, bore 

 a very good crop of handsomely colored fruit. It was of good size 

 and free from blemishes. This variety, Giffard and Summer Doyenne 

 all have a tendency to rot at the core. The next earliest. Summer 

 Doyenne, is commonly called the ^'Little Sugar Pear" and is very com- 

 mon as an early sort. It is of good quality some seasons and in 

 others is somewhat dry. It is valuable for a local market. Blood- 

 good was a little puckery this season. It ripeus about the tenth of 

 August, and is generally of good quality. The Seckel, Bosc and Danas 

 Hovey, all of which are pears of high quality, bore very light crops. 

 The Danas Hovey has been making very little growth during the last 

 two years. 



APPLES. 



It was the same with apples as with pears this year. The size 

 and quality of the crop depended upon the amount of spraying and the 

 time at which it was done. If the early spraying was done at the 

 proper time, the work of the fungus which attacks the blossom stem 

 and causes the blossom to drop was prevented, while if done during the 

 rainy weathei^, which was prevalent at the blossoming time, the spray 

 was washed off before it had any effect to speak of. 



The following newer varieties fruited this year: 



