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ized for currants. Mr. Hattersley's method of trimming currants is to preserve 

 the tree form, trimming off all suckers. He keeps the ground well cultivated 

 and clean. He says that a barrel of currants grown on this plan will produce 

 a barrel of wine, whereas it will take several barrels of currants grown on 

 suckers to make one barrel of wine. Mr. Hattersley claims to have budded the 

 first tree and planted the first grapes and pears in this vicinity. 



BOYS WHO STAY 0^ THE FAEM. 



Mr. S. I. B. Hutchinson, near Pier Cove, with his two sons, cultivate forty 

 acres. Eight hundred peach trees planted in 18G3-4-5. In 1SG9 gathered 

 about 1,850 baskets ; good crops since. In 187-4, 3,000 baskets were produced. 

 The peaches were held in high esteem in Chicago. Will plant 1,000 peach and 

 150 apple trees in 1875. Nine hundred apple trees, 600 of which are com- 

 mencing to bear, producing 200 bushels in 187-4. Six hundred and fifty grape 

 vines, — Concords, Delawares and Dianas. Shipped in 1874, 3G2 ten-pound 

 baskets of grapes. 



Is it likely Mr. Hutchinson's sons would do any better by crowding the pro- 

 fessions in a city ? Their prospects are improving every year. 



TO BE A MODEL FARM. 



Mr. Augustus Perrotet, with the intention of making a model farm, has com- 

 menced on eighty acres on the lake shore in Ganges, 1,000 peach and 120 

 apple trees; 1,200 grape vines. This orchard has a wind break of forest, 

 forming a very romantic grove along the lake shore. The land rises gradually 

 from the lake shore to an elevation of about 100 feet. The dwelling is about 

 forty rods from the road, and in front of it is a heavy soil on which grass grows 

 luxuriantly, forming a good lawn. The fruit trees are planted on the highest 

 land, and the whole farm is being planned for a model farm, Mr. Perrotet having 

 all the taste of an artist combined with the skill of a practical] horticulturist. 

 Every variety of soil, elevation, and aspect is found in various portions of this 

 farm, and its close proximity to Lake Michigan renders its climate all that can 

 be desired for a model fruit farm. 



corner's seedlin^g peach. 



Mr. "William Corner has 100 acres on the Town Line road; 400 apple and 

 1,200 peach trees ; 1 acre grapes ; 1,G00 baskets of peaches in 1873 and 1,775 

 in 1874. Only three and one-half acres of the peaches are yet in bearing. One 

 hundred and fifty rods of ground planted with trees grafted with a seedling 

 raised by Mr. Corner, produced in 1874 1,500 baskets of peaches. This seed- 

 ling resembles the Early Barnard, but is more thrifty and larger. Mr. Corner 

 first raised this seedling, and, finding it a desirable peach, top-budded from it 

 with the above result. Some roots budded in 1873 were attacked by a small 

 beetle that was destroying the buds. Mr. Corner, on making the discovery, 

 plowed to the rows and carefully covered the buds, using the hoe to be sure of 

 covering all. When the bugs disappeared in three or four days, the buds were 

 uncovered and the crop of trees saved. Others whose buds were attacked in 

 the neighborhood by the same insect lost the entire crop. Mr. Corner has also 

 1,400 black, red, and white currant bushes trimmed on Mr. Hattersley's plan. 



MANURI^TG peach TREES. — OlS'IOis' CULTURE. 



Forty acres at Plummerville: 2,500 peach trees, half of which were planted 

 in 18G6 and the balance in 1874; 120 apple trees planted in 1859, and one acre 



