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profitable in this district and but very few are setting out 

 new trees. 



Apple trees that stood the winter of '84 and '85 bore an 

 abundant crop the past year. 



The strawberry crop was about up to the average. 



Grapes bore an abundance of well ripened fruit. 



Other berry crops were light. 



The acreage has been increased about eight acres the 

 past year. 



The demand for fruit during the season was good^ both at 

 home and at distant markets. 



We are brought by rail within a day's travel from St. 

 Paul to Chicago. 



Strawberry prices ranged from 17^ to 8c per qt. 



Raspberries from 12^ to 8^c per qt. 



Blackberries from 12^ to 10c per qt. 



Grapes from 5 to 2tC per lb. 



Horticultural Exliihitions. 

 There are no Horticultural Societies within the district. 



Fruit Growers. 



Growers of fruit for marketing purposes are not very nu- 

 merous in this district. 



There are seven different growers at Platteville, one at 

 Georgetown, one at Cassville and one at Lancaster, Grant 

 county, and one at Darlington, Lafayette county. 



There is one man engaged in the nursery business. 



There are no seedsmen and but few gardeners. 



Diseases, Insects, etc. 



We have been troubled somewhat with the strawberry 

 and blackberry rust the past season. 



The currant worm has settled the currant business for us 

 and the larvae of the May beetle has injured our strawber- 

 ries to some extent. So far this district has not been 

 troubled with any disease or insects to such an extent as to 

 seriously injure our fruit crops with the exception of the 

 currant worm. 



