272 Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



Mulch heavily around trees as soon as plowed. Remove 

 muching first vp-eek in September, to allow trees to ripen the 

 wood. 



Return mulching as soon as the ground freezes, four to 

 six inches in the fore part of the winter, to hold frost in the 

 ground to prevent the sap from coming up early in the 

 spring, and to hold the blossom buds back. Loosen up the 

 earth with spading fork early in May, working this mulch- 

 ing into the earth, and replace with more dark- colored 

 litter. Cut first crop of clover early, and let the second crop 

 grow to seed and rot down on the land, to keep all seeded 

 and act as a fertilizer; also to prevent drouth and sudden 

 thawing and freezing. 



Pick off at least one-half of the smallest and most in- 

 ferior fruit as soon as set. 



EIGHTH district— WM. SPRINGER, FREMONT. 



Counties — Waushara, Winnebago, Waupaca, Outagamie. 



In making this report I will have to confine myself mostly 

 to Waupaca county, as I have not been able to gather the 

 information desired from Outagamie and Winnebago coun- 

 ties. 



In this county we find many orchards once good entirely 

 gone, and many will not set again, but I think more trees 

 were set last spring than have been for many years. 



We find no orchard of any size without a good sprinkling 

 of Seedlings, Duchess, and Tetofski on our low level lands. 



On all slopes we find many of the old standard kinds bear- 

 ing such as the Walbridge, Russets, Snow, Fall Orange, Ut- 

 ters, Willow Twig, Plumb's Cider, Pewaukee, Haas and that 

 class of hardiness, but only on the very high land, the higher 

 the better. 



I will give Mr. J. M. Jenny's reporh of his orchard which 

 is situated on top of the hill at Weyauwega. He says: " In 

 the year 1874 I had about 4;:5 trees alive. I now find 180 

 trees. I sold this year of apples, from: 



