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In regard to Mahaleb stock, I have no experience, except with five 

 trees. I am sorry to say I have never received fruit enough from them to 

 pay the first cost. 



We have never failed with the Early Richmond ; once, in conse- 

 quence of a violent storm, the crop was destroyed entirely. This last year 

 there was about one-third of an average crop. It had been dry ; then 

 there came on a rain, and they burst. 



Mr. Bourland — Does the same state of facts hold good in other 

 orchards? 



Mr. Dunning — All kinds of fruit, as far as I know, were better than 

 you had in this portion of the State. In our orchard, we had a fair crop 

 of apples. Our pear crop was unusually good, and our small fruit was 

 good. We had good crops in Du Page, McHenry and Cook counties. 



Mr. Nelson — Our apjile crop was almost a total failure. The cherry 

 crop was almost one-fourth in Will and the adjoining counties. 



Mr. Wier — I have been thinking this mystery might be explained in 

 this way. I suppose we are all telling the exact truth about these different 

 stocks. It may be owing to the different kinds of Morello stock we use. 

 Now, I would ask Mr. Dunning if there is any difference in the stocks in 

 his part of the State ? 



Mr. Dunning — What we have used have been what are called the 

 Black Morello. We had some sent from Champaign last spring, and they 

 were grafted, and there are more failures among them than anywhere 

 else. 



Mr. Wier — You go around our town, and you will find that we have 

 five or six different Morellos. They are seedlings that have been raised 

 from Morello seeds. 



We had last year about 250 selected Morello saplings that had been 

 collected out of thousands, for grafting and priming. About half of them 

 were badly injured; one-quarter killed, root and branch, and the remain- 

 der were not injured a particle. 



Mr. Nelson — All I can say is that those I had killed were of all 

 kinds. 



Mr. Montgomery — It is a matter of wonder and astonishment to me, 

 and I think it would be well to refer it to the same cause these other men 

 did — to electricity or to atmospheric phenomena. I believe it is not a 

 question of stocks at all. There are very singular results coming from the 

 effect of the cold upon the cherry crop of last year. 



