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Nos. 1, 17, 35, Willis' White, Pomme Grise, Cranberry Pippin, 

 Wealthy, Fall Orange and Felix, all in the same location. 



On the 9th, Westfield Seek-no-Further, T^orthern Spy, Fameuse, 

 Titter's Ked, Alexander, Baltimore, English Russet, Clark's 

 Orange and a Yellow Bellfiovver Seedling. 



June 10th, Jonathan, Rawle's Janet, Sweet Wine, Long John 

 and several new seedlings. These last varieties named were on 

 the east side of a knoll runninsr throuWi the orchard in a north 

 and south direction. I would also state that the varieties named 

 as blossoming at an earlier date in other places, opened here on 

 the same date as those last given. By this time all the blossoms 

 on the trees that commenced the first to bloom were open, and in 

 some the petals had begun to drop. On examining closely I 

 found that some of the petals had an unhealthy look, that they 

 were wilted and adhered to the calyx, and the pistils had turned 

 a grayish yellow and were limber. On further examination I 

 found that all the varieties that commenced to bloom on the 5th 

 and 6th were thus affected, but those that opened later were not 

 affected, but opened evenly. They all had finished blooming by 

 the loth, and had shed their petals and had set for fruit. 



In answer to the second question, I would say that as some 

 parts of my ground were high and others low, and some places 

 were covered with two feet of snow long after the rest was bare, 

 it was impossible to determine what varieties would have 

 bloomed simultaneously if all were placed in similar conditions. 

 In some instances they were thus situated, in others not. Where 

 the ground was bare early in the season the blossoms appeared 

 several days in advance of other parts of the orchard where the 

 snow lay on late. This seemed to aftect all varieties, but some 

 more than others. For example, a Wealthy standing on the 

 gravel knoll commenced to blossom the same date as the Tran- 

 scendent, but the greater part of them stood on the level ground 

 and blossomed on the 8th. A few that stood where the snow 

 lay on the longest did not open until the 13th, a difference of 

 eight days. But the tree that blossomed first did not bear fruit, 

 as the blossoms were affected, as has been already mentioned. 

 Those that blossomed later bore good crops. 



