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In sharp contrast to the above stands the orchards of the Messrs. 

 Grover, on the bluff, two miles above Warsaw. The soil is very similar 

 (perhaps a little less sandy) yet the same varieties make a very different 

 showing. The Wine-sap and Janet, for instance, being small and scabby, 

 and a large portion of them of no value but for cider. We found in 

 these orchards more wormy fruit than in many others, perhaps twenty 

 or twenty-five per cent, being infested. We here find the Jonathan 

 carrying a heavy crop of large handsome fruit. The Maiden's Blush 

 and Early Harvest have also given very satisfactory results. 



We see by comparing the two last named orchards that the same s 

 does not always produce the same results, and that it is unsafe to form 

 a theory from one or two, or even a half dozen experiments. Per- 

 haps next year the case of these two orchards may be exactly reversed. 

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The orchard of Mr. McCune, on the prairie, four miles east of 

 Warsaw, is producing a full crop this season. Pryor's Red is one' of 

 his most profitable varieties. Red Canada is, as usual, doing well in 

 this orchard. It ripens and must be gathered early or it drops badly. 

 Baldwin very full. Indeed this variety, wherever found, is producing a 

 heavy crop this year. Is it not possible that this, and perhaps other 

 discarded varieties may be again restored to popular favor .>* Rawle's 

 Janets are so small and badly scabbed that they all will be made into 

 cider. This gentleman is making large quantities of cider and vinegar, 

 and as it requires so much store room to keep it over winter he is 

 building a cistern of a hundred barrels capacity into which he will run 

 it from the press, and pump out as occasion may require. 



The Monte Bello still sustains its reputation as an apple of the 

 very best-quality. The original tree is so full of fruit that it is smaller 

 than usual, as may be seen by examining specimens on the table. 



The conviction forces itself upon the mind of your committee that 

 the planting of summer, fall and winter varieties that must compete in 

 the market with peaches, pears and grapes cannot longer be profitable. 



A. C. Hammond, Chairman. 



WARSAW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 OFFICERS FOR 1873. 



President — A. C. Hammond, Warsaw. 

 Vice-President — John T. Johnson, Warsaw. 

 Treasurer — Dr. Charles Hay, Warsaw. 

 Secretary — Benjamin Whitaker, Warsaw. 



Thos. Gregg, Secretary. 

 January, 1873. 



