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salable sweet apple is of Alexander seed. The Lind and 

 Ma Whinny also large, handsome and good keepers; and 

 the two latter quite hardy. 



I have not known the seeds of the Duchess to give a 

 worse apple than the Duchess. Many of them winter apples 

 are of good size and quality and the trees are all hardy. 



We have seen the same with seeds of the Wolf River, 

 only they are not so good keepers. We have got, and will 

 get more that will stand this climate without going to Rus- 

 sia. 



fourteenth district — MRS. H. C. VAUGHN, ASHLAND. 



Counties — Ashland, BayiSeld, Douglas. 



Conditions of Temperature, etc. 



In submitting report for this district, I give the observa- 

 tions and experience of twenty-two years. My garden is on 

 the shore of the bay, exposed to the lake winds, but I have 

 never noticed any injury to trees from the strong winds. 

 There has been but little attention given to fruit and vege- 

 table culture with a view to profit, as they are brought in 

 from the central portion of the state, but I am sure if one 

 were to turn his attention to gardening, it could be made 

 profitable. 



Varieties Fruited. 



Last year, 188G, I had a fine crop of apples — Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, and two other varieties the names I have for- 

 gotten. 



Of strawberries, the favorite varieties are Sharpless and a 

 Canadian variety. 



Currants — Common red: White Grape and Fay's Pro- 

 lific fruited well. 



Of red raspberries, Herstine Lumn; of black, Doolittle 

 improved. 



Blackberries do not do well in our gardens, although a 

 few are found wild, but of inferior quality. 



Gooseberries and cherries do well here. 



