116 ANNUAL. REPORT OF THE Off. Doc. 



June best plums. Of newer grapes, Campbell's Early, Green's 

 Early and Moore's Diamond jiroved good. Progress in shrubbery 

 and flowers very good. Benefits of spraying ver^- marked. 



Daniel D. Herr, of Lancaster county, reports a large crop of 

 apples, but dropped before picking time. Speaks well of the Stark, 

 (iano and Missouri Pippin. Peach trees overloaded, where not 

 thinned. Fine crop of plums, especially the Japans. Of cherries, 

 Schmidt and Windsor have come to stay. Clyde and Bubach lead 

 in Strawberries. Cumberland and Eureka best raspberries. Beet 

 blackberry, Eldorado. 



Calvin Cooper, of Lancaster county, says apple trees set a fair 

 average crop, but the excessive heat and drouth scorched much 

 of the foliage and the fruit dropped. Apples remaining, as well 

 as pears, of inferior (juality. Thrifty trees on elevated ground, fine 

 crop of peaches. Fair crop of plum®, but Japans are affected by 

 altitude. Spraying profitable where properly attended to. 



W. P. Brinton, of Lancaster county, says there is a great increase 

 in the demand for shrubbery flowers. ''Spraying is going back. It 

 seems questionable whether it produces the good results claimed 

 for it." 



Samuel McCreary, of Lawrence county, reports a very large crop of 

 pears and no peaches. Small fruits did well. Vegetables above 

 average crop. Improvement in ornamental planting. 



W. B. K. Johnson, of Lehigh county, says that sprayed trees pro- 

 duced apples of fair quality and comparatively free frgm scab. 

 Pears, a heavy crop. Reports of a party that planted 1,100 peach 

 trees in 1897, and last season the crop yielded enough to pay for 

 land, trees and all other expenses, with a small balance left. 

 Quince crop best for j-ears. Grapes, in bags, did well, but bagging 

 impairs quality. Plums rotted badly, but where sprayed with the 

 Bordeaux mixture in season the rot was under control. Leaf curl, 

 on peacheiSi, can be controlled by spraying with Bordeaux. In his 

 opinion the day has gone by when good fruit can be grown without 

 spraying. 



P. Sutton, of Luzerne county, says apples were above an average 

 crop, but generally of poor quality. A large crop of peaches and 

 fine fruit, where thinned. Of cherries. Early Richmond, May Duke 

 and Black Tartarian were mostly grown. Cumberland rasp- 



berry promises to be the leading variety. Large crop of early vege- 

 tables. Spraying pays. He says the New York strawberry is a 

 rampant grower, large plants and very large berries of fine shape. 

 Glen Mary has come to stay; bears large berries to the end of the 

 season. 



A. B. Greenlee, of Mercer county, reports the ap])l{'s of greatest 

 merit in his orchard as York Imperial and Winter Blush, the latter 



