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were mostly of my own raising, but the winter of 1884-85 

 reduced those numbers to some extent with me, but near 

 the lake shore no trees had died by bark loosening or cold 

 weather, or the efifects of 1885. 



. Grapes — Concord, Worden, , Moore's Early, Delaware, 

 Brighton, Elvora Eumatin, Vengenas, lanesville, Flore nee, 

 half dozen Roger's Hibrids, Dutchess, Prentiss, Niagara, 

 Lady, Lady Washington, Martha and others all did well. 



Pears — Some twenty varieties near the lake shore, and 

 some as far west as Oconomowoc. Flemish Beauty, White 

 Doyenna, Sheldon and some dozen natural varieties are 

 grown in the west counties. 



Plums — Most all the European varieties near the lake, 

 say from one to six miles west of it, with us the native or 

 American varieties did the best, although I saw some 

 fourteen varieties grown in Waukesha and Washington 

 counties of the European kind. 



Cherries — Early Richmond and Kentish did best. I 

 had seen a few trees said to be sweet cherries, but no fruit. 

 The buds were killed in winter. 



Small Fruit a short crop where it did not rain in June, but 

 a good crop in the lake counties. 



Soils, Sites and Resources. 



In the Five Lake Counties it is mostly heavy clay soils 

 except Kenosha, which has in some parts a yellowish sand, 

 but fruit trees did not suffer as much there as they did in 

 Waukesha and Washington counties. We are having more 

 of a drift formation and the land more rolling; most orchard 

 sides that were facing south or southwest were killed out- 

 right, while others facing north and northeast nearly all 

 came through last year in good shape. 



Fruit Lists. 



Apples— Early Varieties — Tetof sky. Yellow Harvest, 

 Yellow Transparent, Sops of Wine or Early Washington, 

 Red Astrachian, Red June, Early Rose, Summer Penuock, 

 Red Quin, Sour Bough, Dutchess Oldenburg, Fall Grand- 

 erry, St. Lawrence, Early Red, Alexander, Fall Pippin, Fall 



