110 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



Varieties. — The Golden Russet, Duchess of Oldenburg-, Fa- 

 meuse and Fall Orange have been our most profitable trees for 

 two or three years, but the Ferry Russet has been nearly a total 

 failure. A general complaint of their cracking at an early stage 

 of their growth has steadily advanced for four or five years. I 

 have never been fully satisfied as to the cause of this complaint; it 

 is equally destructive upon young and thrifty trees as well as those 

 in the decline of life. But little is known of the Walbridge and 

 Plumb's Cider in this district. They do well in the nursery. Utter's 

 Red, Westfield Seek-no-Further, Sweet Pear, Red Astrachan and 

 St. Lawrence are moderately productive and hardy. The Sops of 

 Wine seldom yields more than one-eighth of a crop, and not more 

 than one- half of these ever arrive at full size and maturity. I 

 think the Tetofsky is too slow a grower and moderate bearer for 

 profit with us. I have a seedling, called Aurora Belle, which I 

 grafted twelve years ago, that is large fruit, keeps as well as the 

 Snow and is hardy as the Duchess; so say those who have raised 

 and fruited it. I have also another variety, called Northwestern 

 Greening, which I grafted first in 18 73, and it has stood all our 

 winters since. The fruit is very large, of a good flavor and keeps 

 till spring. I exhibited fruit and wood at our meeting of 1875. I 

 have one more seedling fruit and wood to exhibit at this meeting, 



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to have its merits passed upon. I cannot pass to other fruits 

 without speaking of the crab or Russian apples, which are of so 

 much importance to those localities north and west. Our common 

 kinds are so well known that they need no recommendation from 

 me, but some of the newer kinds far surpass the old ones in 

 size and quality. I have sixteen kinds from Minnesr>ta. I think 

 they originated with Jewell. Some ten have borne, four or five of 

 which are fine eating apples, which ripen in September. But 

 Whitney's No. 20 is certainly the finest and most rapid growing 

 tree I ever saw. The fruit is represented to be very superior. 

 Brier Sweet does well and the fruit is very fine. 



Pears. — The Flemish Beauty is all we think of here. Those 

 trees which stood the cold winter bore well the past year. 



Plums, tame and wild, were a total failure from the effects of 

 the frosts last spring. 



Cherries. — The Early Richmond, common Red Morello and Kent- 

 ish bore a larger crop than any for the last eight years. 



