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superior to Stone's Hardy blackberry as I expected to find 

 it. One would do well in planting both varieties. 



Blackberry prices ranged from G to 12^ cents per quart, 

 averaging 8 cents for early kinds and 10 to 12 cents for 

 Gregg's. Red varieties are sought for but not much offered 

 at prices about the same as for black. 



Strawberries ranged in price from G to 15 cents per quart, 

 averaging about 8 cents. 



Blackberries 15 cents, with a good demand. 



Currants not much in the market. 



Of early to late fall varieties of apples there was a heavy 

 yield in favorable localities and sold at prices ranging from 

 50 cents per two bushel bagful of windfalls in the orchard 

 to 75 cents for picked winter varieties. Duchess, which has 

 brought in more money than any other one variety one year 

 with another, brought about $1.50 per barrel delivered to 

 shippers. 



Horlicaltural Exhibitions. 



The only display of horticultural products in this county 

 (Sauk) has been at the autumn fairs held at Weedsbury 

 and Baraboo. At the former place the show of vegetables 

 was good; cut flowers fair and fruit meagre. At the latter 

 there was a profuse showing of apples and grapes and cut 

 flowers, with fair showing of flower plants and vegetables. 



Our Sauk County Horticultural Society has been indefi- 

 nitely suspended through neglect of its officers to call meet- 

 ings of the society, although the interest of the society was 

 well sustained during its active existence. I don't know 

 what has become of the Freedom Horticultural Society. 

 Excelsior Farmers' Club and Horticultural Society holds 

 regular meetings, but neglects to report. 



Diseases^ Insects, etc. 



Rust troubles the strawberry plants, but the young growth 

 was so feeble from dry weather that there was not much 

 for the fingers to work on. 



Mildew troubles many plants, but people rarely apply any 



