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Windsor Golden's was next on our line of march. He has an apple orchard 

 planted the same time with Marshall's, thirteen years. It occupied a rolling 

 piece of ground descending to the west to quite low ground. This portion was 

 planted to Golden Kusset, and has suffered greatly by the severe winter ; in 

 fact, many of the trees throughout the entire orchard bore traces of serious in- 

 jury from some source. On enquiring as to its previous management, found 

 that the season previous to the cold winter of 1872 and 1873 it was thoroughly 

 cultivated and kept in a vigorous growing state until late in the fall ; it is evi- 

 dent that the following severe Avinter found these trees in a succulent and un- 

 ripe state, and hence the injury. The varieties were the usual standard sorts 

 — Baldwins very superior, Greenings good. Northern Spy below an average as 

 to quality, and this we found to be the case generally with this variety in the 

 Traverse region. A large number of Talman Sweet were noticed, quite too 

 many for profit ; they should be grafted to Baldwin or Greening. 



The orchard of Benjamin Montague, although not on the list of entries, 

 would compare favorably with many that were. It was well cultivated, not a 

 weed found growing; trees of splendid form. Here were some of the finest 

 specimens of Greenings found on the Peninsula. A few trees of Easter Beurre 

 pear loaded to their uttermost capacity with specimens of fruit which were 

 marvels of beauty, and colored on the sunny side to a deep crimson ; and I 

 might mention here that the coloring of the fruits of this section is a pecu- 

 liarity not found to exist to the same extent in any other locality in our State. 

 The Greenings, almost universally, were found to equal in brilliancy the 

 Maiden Blush grown in the more central and southern portions of the State, 

 and the same may be said of the Fall Pippin, the Roxbury Eusset, and many 

 other varieties. The Talman Sweet was not recognized, in consequence of the 

 brilliant crimson cheek on the sunny side. Mr. Montague had set a new ap- 

 ple orchard of 400 trees, mostly Greenings, which were found under the careful 

 management of this gentleman in a very flourishing condition. 



Messrs. Eeynolds & Tracy enter a specimen orchard in class 5, quality prime 

 consideration. The orchard exhibited contains fifty-three varieties, one tree 

 of a kind, with vacancies left for eleven more to complete a plat of sixty- four 

 varieties. This is an experimental orchard to test varieties not yet introduced 

 in that region ; the test embraces the most prominent varieties in order of 

 ripening from earliest to the longest keeping sorts, commencing with Red As- 

 trachan and ending with Rawles' Janet. It was planted the present season, 

 and had made an excellent growth in the main. This trial orchard must 

 evidently be of great service in aiding the future orchardist in making selec- 

 tions suitable to that locality. But I fear Mr. Tracy will find to his cost much 

 serious disappointment, and but few dimes as a reward for his pains. Adjoin- 

 ing was the main orchard, planted for commercial purposes, containing thirty 

 acres; this was of more uniform size, being confined to fewer varieties, and this 

 orchard contained only sorts omitted in the specimen plat. Around the trees 

 were noticed bands of stiff roofing paper twice the size of the diameter of the 

 trees, and not in contact with them, for the purpose of preventing the cut- 

 worm from ascending the tree and devouring the foliage. These pests seem to 

 be very destructive in this western region, and also along the lake shore from 

 Spring Lake to St. Joseph. Will Prof. Cook tell us whether these are identical 

 with the cut-worm that destroys our corn in early spring in the central j)art of 

 the State? Most of the Reynolds and Tracy orchards were in sod or crop of 

 some sort, with cultivated strips of from four to six feet wide on either side of 



