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quinces a small crop. Peaches, a total failure. Grape« and cherries, 

 a sood yield. Season favorable for vegetables. 



I?ressley Lerch, of Washington county, says all fruit crops were 

 poor, except cherries, grapes and small fruits. Of plums, the Abund- 

 ance succeeds best. Of cherries, Gov. Wood and Jilack Tartarian. 

 He complains of tlie damages done by the ground hogs in the orch- 

 ards. Thinks a bounty ought to be offered for their destruction. 



John Neill, of >Vashington county, reports success with grapes, 

 berries and vegetables. The fruits a failure, or very light. From 

 ninety feet square he raided and sold 1,500 quarts of strawberries 

 at seven cents a quart in the bed. (This is at the rate of 8,000 quarts 

 to the acre.) His neighbors told him he was doing some very nice 

 gardening, but would not be paid for his work. All the same he was. 

 Succeeds well in raising timber, but fruit failures are the rule. Had 

 ouh' one good crop of peaches in seven years. Knows of one man 

 who succeeded with Japanese plums. 



Theodore Day, of Wayne county, reports a large crop of apples, 

 of good quality, but not keeping well. Too warm and dry. He has 

 fruited some of the varieties he received of grafts from the United 

 States Department of Agriculture. ''McMahon and Celeste prove 

 to be very good fall or early winter apples, medium or a little above 

 in size. Color, white, with slight red blush; fine flavor, mild, sour. 

 Bryant apple is evidently a good bearer, medium size, much like 

 Twenty-Ounce Pippin, often called Grovenstein, but only half its 

 size, getting ripe and eatable now — December. Other varieties are 

 small, some kinds little larger than crab apples, and very hard yet. 

 Possibly there may be one or two good long keepers among them. 

 Mr. Day makes mention of inoculating disease among the tent cater- 

 pillars and claims to be successful. Borers and wooly aphis kill 

 many trees. 



W. R. Barnhart, of Westmoreland county, says fruit crops in his 

 locality were largely a failure, due to late spring frosts, except 

 grapes and berries. Vegetables good. Very good progress in orna- 

 mental gardening. 



A. Ruth, of Westmoreland county, says late spring frost destroyed 

 fruit to great extent. Kieft'er and Catherine pears did well. Only 

 a few peach buds escaped the late frost. In plums only the Damsons 

 succeeded. Grapes and berries, fair crops. Vegetables, fair. 



Col. J. A. Stable, of York county, reports a light yield of api)les 

 and pears. Peaches, an immense crop of fair quality. Abundance 

 way ahead in plums. Black Eagle the best cherry. Grapes, fine. 

 Strawberries less than full crop; raspberries, injured by drouth. 

 Spraying a success, but is neglected. Not so dry and hot in thirty- 

 four years. 



Prof. S, Br Heipep, of York county, says the Goldstein grape has 



