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hundred or more seedling apple trees. Many others have a 

 smaller number. Of these seedlings, there are many de- 

 serving of propagation; some of which you will have on 

 exhibition, the trees of which are, to all appearances, per- 

 fectly hardy. These latter are not on hills, but on quite 

 level ground. 



Mr. A. Smith has quite a seedling orchard and some very 

 nice apples. Has a lot from seed of Duchess, all as hardy 

 as the Duchess in appearance, and some quite good keep- 

 ers. We have a great many seedlings of the Duchess in 

 this county, and not a poor one. All fair size and better 

 keepers; but one of which is very early. 



In the northeastern part of Waushara County are several 

 nice seedling orchards. I have not been able to go further 

 to observe. 



E. W. Daniels reports his Northwestern Greening, Wolf 

 River, Duchess and Pewaukee doing well. He speaks of 

 only these that he is raising that are good trees. He has 

 Snow, Walbridge, Wealthy, Utter, Red, and too many 

 crabs. 



There is not half enough small fruit raised to supply the 

 demand. Some are going into it and are making more 

 money from an acre planted to small fruit than from the 

 farm. 



O. A. Rich is doing quite a little business in that line, but 

 the drouth hurt him badly this year. 



In the western part of Outagamie county the orchards 

 are about with us here. Most all the old standard kinds are 

 dead, occasionally a good seedling. 



There was quite a crop of grapes last year. Not much 

 mildew; but the drouth lessened the crop materially and 

 ripened them early. For mildew we use sulphur with lime 

 put on dry; the hotter the day the better. It should be 

 used when in bloom and just before turning. 



We would advise planting seeds from the largest, hardiest 

 and handsomest apples, and a large per cent, of the fruit 

 will favor the parent seeds. Of Alexander almost every 

 tree the fruit in looks in part resembles the parent. 



The Garfield Sweet, the largest, handsomest and most 



