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STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The following varieties have bloomed this season, and a few fruits have 

 been brought to maturity: 



6 

 7 

 8 

 9 



10 

 11 

 U 

 13 



Variety. 



Ansanlt 



Bloodgood 



Clapp Favorite 

 Dana Hovey... 

 Gakovska 



Howell 



Lawrence. 



Lucrative 



Mount Vernon 



RoBtiezer 



Seckel 



Victorina 



Winter Nelis .. 



Bloom. 



May 22. 

 22. 

 29. 

 24. 

 24. 



22. 

 22. 

 27- 

 22. 



27. 



27. 

 24. 

 27. 



Ripened. 



Remarks. 



Nov. Dec. 

 Aug. 23... 



Sept 



Winter . . . 



Oct. _ 



Winter ... 

 Sept. . .. 

 Nov. Dec. 



Aug. 

 Oct. 



Dec. 



European. Promises weU. 

 An excellent amateur pear. 

 Large, good; soon rots at the core. 

 A email fruit, of high quality. 

 An importation from Russia. 



A good market and home fruit. 

 A desirable winter variety. 

 A superior pear for home use. 

 A very good amateur pear. 



Not beautiful, but excellent. 

 The standard of high quality. 

 Russian, not yet fruited. 

 The prince of winter pears. 



APPLES (Pyrtis malus). 



The severe attack of scab, Fitsicladium dendriticum, of last year so 

 enfeebled the apple trees that, in most cases, few fruit buds were devel- 

 oped and, doubtless for this reason, at least in part if not wholly, there 

 was a decided paucity of bloom last spring. There were, however, a few 

 notable exceptions, prominent among which were the Keswick and Olden- 

 burg, both of which were, in a great measure, exempt from scab last year, 

 and have produced fine crops of perfect fruit this season. 



The green aphis {Aphis mali) has proved somewhat persistent this 

 season, yielding reluctantly to sprays of kerosene emulsion and tobacco 

 water, both of which were applied in turn. No other insects have, to a 

 serious extent, infested the apple during the season, except that a very few 

 fruits were found to be inhabited by the larvae of the codlin moth, which 

 were promptly gathered up and effectually disposed of. 



A very considerable number of varieties of apple (as well as of other 

 fruits) were received, in scion, from the National Division of Pomology, on 

 the 28th of March last, coming originally, as is understood, from eastern 

 or northeastern Austria. These were topgrafted upon trees in orchard, 

 heretofore planted for such purpose, and also scions of each variety were 

 inserted in nursery stocks, as a precaution against the loss of a variety. 

 These are expected to be in condition to be planted out the coming 

 spring. 



Aside from the general spraying in November, 1892, which included the 

 apple, additional sprayings have been applied as follows: 



On June 12, a spray composed of 4 lbs. copper sulphate, 3 lbs. lime, and 

 2| oz. Paris Green, in 32 gallons of water. 



On June 22, a spray of kerosene emulsion, to subdue the aphis. 



On August 5 to 8, a spray of strong tobacco water, for the same purpose. 



Whether as the result of the sprayings specified, or otherwise, the foli- 

 age of the present season has nearly or quite resumed a healthy condition, 

 and the trees generally have nearly or quite recovered their pristine 

 condition. 



The following varieties have bloomed and matured fruit the past season: 



