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orchards within my knowledge are fully exposed from the north- 

 east, but the lands, also, on which the trees are planted descend 

 considerably in the same direction, while the orchard sites are well 

 protected from the southwest, and quite well from the west by 

 natural barriers. These observations, coupled with my own expe- 

 rience in my two orchards, lead me to think that western and south- 

 western protection are the most effectual. 



My old orchard is quite well protected on the southwest and west 

 by the site descending gently to the east, and also by the fences, 

 building and natural shrubbery, which is not a little, about the 

 house, while my young orchard, which was set when I thought I 

 knew a thing or two, and fully exposed from the southwest and 

 west, has nearly died out again and again; for it has been reset, 

 some parts of it, as many as three times, and with most of the iron- 

 clads at that. I should say, however, that one little corner of about 

 a dozen trees, where the land descends a trifle to the northeast, 

 the trees are all doing well. These trees are the Talman Sweet, 

 Haas, and Westfield Seek-No-Further. 



Now for the old orchard. Here the trees are doing reasonably 

 well. Still, the Fameuse that were set in the spring of 1862, all 

 or nearly all have dead spots on the southwest side of the 

 body, extending as much as half way round the trunk. These 

 trees are all so low headed that the ends of the lower limbs lay 

 upon the ground during the fruiting season. The St. Lawrence, 

 fifteen in number, are all doing well, bearing each alternate year 

 heavy crops of very fine fruit. The Benoni is thrifty and bears 

 full crops. The Dominie is a very flattering grower but a very shy 

 bearer. The fruit is excellent. The Rambo did well for about ten 

 years, when it rapidly declined ; ditto the Keswick Codlin. The 

 Colvert is healthy and a regular but moderate bearer. The Red 

 Astrachan and Sops of Wine are good strong growers, and regular 

 bearers, and produce yearly, remunerative crops. The Little Red 

 Romanite is worthless as a fruit. It is well adapted for the boys 

 to stone squirrels and hogs with, for nothing will eat the fruit. I 

 have not grown the Tetofsky long enough to pronounce on its 

 merits; so also of the Haas and Ben Davis. From my experience 

 and observation, I would not recommend planting the latter in this 

 locality. Some of the best trees among the old ones about here, 

 are the Northern Spy, but I think their long life is generally traced 



