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Bartlett, Seckel, Louisa B. de Jersey, Baffum, Annanesdi 

 Eta, Clapp's Favorite, Shelden, Winter Nellis, Dear, etc. 



Plums — Green and Imperial Gage, Washington, Jeffer- 

 son, Duan's Purple, Lombert, Yellow Egg, and others, also 

 of American sorts, De Soto, Forest Garden, Miner, Wild 

 Goose, Winnebago, Early August, etc. 



Grapes — Florence, Moore's Early, Worden, Delaware, 

 Brighton, Concord, and Rog. No. 3, 4, 9, 15, 19, 22, or Salem. 



Horticultural Exhibitions, etc. 



There has not been an agricultural meeting in this dis- 

 trict in l^y.6, not until very lately. There was a Horti- 

 cultural Society organized, and only a few meetings held 

 prior to the State Horticultural Society meetings here. 



This society is called the Waukesha County Horticultural 

 Society. 



Diseases, Insects, etc. 



Aphis on all fruit trees multiplied,' and so did the red spi- 

 der, all summer, on account of no rain to speak of, and 

 came very near ruining all last summer's growth, and on 

 European plums the leaves dropped in August and they 

 started to grow again with the fall rains, and blossomed, but 

 I think they are now dead, as they were in full growth 

 when winter set in. Fungi, or rust on some varieties of ap- 

 ples and pears, damaged the trees and fruit to some extent, 

 as the summer was so dry, the damage was done only early 

 in the season. 



Vegethhle Gardening . 



This was made profitable to those gardeners that had a 

 good supply of water, and irrigated. 



Flower Culture, Tree and Ornamental Planting. 



This was also successful where water was plenty, and 

 along the lake shore where the drought did not have the ef- 

 fect as inland, because they had more dew and the influence 

 of the lake kept it cool. 



Trees and ornamental planting was cut short, as the 

 spring was so short and those that planted trees at the usual 



