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the trellis or stakes over winter had no fruit, for the canes were 

 nearly dead. 



The strawberry crop was light, some beds being winter killed. 



The currant worm made his appearance again, and took the 

 best part of the crop. 



Wiiat few cranberry farms there are in this district (most of 

 them uncultivated) ripened a good crop, and brought a good 

 price, on account of other fruit being scarce. 



SEVENTH DISTRICT, T). HUNTLEY, APPLETON. 



Counties — Outagamie, Shawano and 'Waupaca. — If the 

 year of 1880 was one of great encouragement to fruit growers 

 in the northwest, the season of 1881 was one of equally great 

 discourairement. Instead of having our cellars well filled with 

 apples, there were not enough to supply the wants of the family 

 even, in autumn, when so many usually go to waste. At this 

 writing — -February 4th — - 1 presume that not one farmer in 

 fifty has an apple in his cellar. The cause, I suppose, was the 

 great crop in 1880, together with the very severe winter which 

 followed, and, in this locality, the great increase of the Tent 

 Caterpillar and its destruction of the foliage during the first 

 part of summer. These causes combined not only to destroy 

 our apples, but to seriously injure the trees. Nearly all of the 

 tender or half hardy varieties which bore so well the year before, 

 utterly refused to put out a leaf the past season — or, if any did 

 trv, the grrowth was so slow that the Tent Caterpillars had it all 

 their own way, and finished what the winter had nearly de- 

 stroyed. The varieties that suff"ered least by the winter were the 

 Duchess, Tetofsky, Talman Sweet and Fameuse, about in the 

 order named. Tiie lesson is, stick close to the hardy kinds. 

 Those who have lost largely have had another lesson of expe- 

 rience, which, although a dear one, may prove valuable in the 

 end. 



I have but little that is new or valuable to offer in this report, 

 which I very much regret. Perhaps I should say, that some of 

 the varieties of apples mentioned in my last report as doing 

 well both in tree and fruit, are now dead, viz., the Minkler, Jon- 

 athan and Red Roman ite. Others are more or less injured. 



