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by the way, was the pioneer of apple growing in Brown county, 

 and set an orchard of about four hundred trees over thirty years 

 since, had in it seven trees in one row of the Fameuse. In the 

 spring of '72 he came to me with a sad story; he was utterly dis- 

 heartened and discouraged. He said that his last hope of success 

 in apples was gone; his Fameuse had always stood heat and cold, 

 drouth and flood with apparent indifference, and had never failed 

 to give him their annual crop of nice fruit; but now they were 

 gone, and he should try no more. I confess I was very much dis- 

 couraged, knowing as I did, how he had tried to care for his orchard 

 for so many years, and then to lose the last of them in that way 

 was indeed a sorry outlook for the future. But late in the spring 

 they began to put out buds and leaves, and the next fall they actu- 

 ally gave him a part of a crop of fruit. Since that time they have 

 borne regularly, and last fall they were so thoroughly loaded that 

 the fruit was not as large as it otherwise would have been. Many 

 of his other trees also recovered and are doing well; but if he had 

 set his entire orchard of four hundred trees with Famuese, and not 

 one tree of any other variety, I have no doubt but that they would 

 have made him a rich man before his death. Hundreds of other 

 trees, that for a year or two seemed to be ruined, have entirely re- 

 covered and are doing well. Last season, almost every apple tree 

 in that portion of the state was loaded with fruit. Farmers are 

 inquiring about fruit trees, and if they can purchase of some one 

 in whom they can have confidence, I firmly believe that a great 

 many may be sold within the next five years. 



One of the members of our society has for years been making 

 personal observations as to the soil, forests, growing fruit trees, 

 etc.. and last winter had at least a portion of that district can- 

 vassed, and last spring sent an excellent assortment of very fine 

 stock for delivery. I have interested myself somewhat to learn 

 how they have stood the summer, and how many died without ever 

 putting out leaves; reports from them thus far have been favorable, 

 without a single exception. If this [gentleman continues in this 

 cause, as I trust he will, it will doubtless result in a fine pecuniary 

 benefit to himself, and great good to that district of our state. 

 Now, the main thought that I would suggest for your consideration 

 is this: why could not our nurserymen combine together, district 

 the state, and learn by actual observation, each one in his own dis- 



