Cornell University, Ithaca, N, Y., 



Sept. I, 1894. 



The Honorable Commissioner of Agriculture, Albany. 



Sir: The following sketch of the philosophy of the cultivation 



of orchards, a sequel to Bulletin 69, is submitted for publication 



and distribution under Chapter 675, Section 87, of the I^aws of 



1894. 



L- H. Bailey. 



