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been planted four years, were perfectly loaded with fruit. I never saw a 

 heavier crop of fruit in my life. I found, as far as stocks were concerned, 

 no difference. With regard to pear trees, some trees which I thought 

 were dead, and was about to dig them up, have recovered. We did dig 

 up some peach trees, which I regretted very much, as those left standing 

 are generally alive. Of the pear trees, only two died. Those that were 

 quite discolored, even to the very skin — in these very same trees the color 

 was restored partially, and I don't know but they are healthy now, and 

 bid fair to be good healthy trees. 



Mr. H. J. DuNLAP — I have an orchard of six hundred and fifty Early 

 Richmond cherry trees on Morello stocks, which are eight or nine years 

 old, and have borne^ four or five good crops of fruit. It is wholly in blue 

 grass, but in the east end of it, about two hundred and fifty trees are dead, 

 but toward the west they gradually get better, and at the west end they 

 bore a good crop of fruit. Of those that died, not only the stocks were 

 killed, but the tops of the Early Richmond were killed. In addition to 

 this I had, in the nursery. Early Richmond on Morello stock, three or 

 four years' grafted, and they were all dead, so that at last we did not have 

 a stock to set a graft on. I do not, however, think that the Morello 

 stock was to blame for the death of the trees. 



Now as to apple trees : In the same piece of ground 1 have an orchard 

 consisting of about half a dozen of the most approved varieties ; one is 

 the Minkler, as hardy as a hog ; yet out of one hundred and forty trees, 

 I don't think there are ten of them left, and even these are badly diseased. 

 If any one will tell me the reason of these trees dying, I shall be glad. 



A Member — Which of those cherry trees in orchard were on the 

 highest ground? 



Mr. H. J. DuNLAP — Well, sir, there was no difference ; the ground 

 drained to the south. 



Mr. Wier — I understand most of these Early Richmonds that are 

 reported killed are on Morello stocks, top-grafted. I examined a large 

 amount of Early Richmond, top-grafted on Morello stocks, last spring, 

 in a nursery on high prairie soil, and after a careful examination, both 

 the proprietor and I concluded that one-third of them had the stock and 

 roots entirely killed ; another third, we thought, would survive if not 

 transplanted; the remaining third, we thought, would do to transplant 

 with safety. I have a cherry orchard of between three thousand and four 

 thousand trees, top-worked with Early Richmond and English Morello, 

 on their own and common Morello seedlings ; these have been in orchard 



