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ever, it is classed among fall apples, and I doubt whether it will ever 

 amount to anything except to satisfy curiosity. 



My partner, Mr. Gutemann, has come from the city of Bietigheim, 

 where he was engaged in horticulture. He claims that the Green Biet- 

 igheimer is a much better apple and better keeper. However, new 

 apples, in my opinion, ought to be well tested before they are intro- 

 duced to the public. I think it would be better if no new fruits could 

 be introduced exept through the societies of the respective States. 



As it may be of interest to some of the members, I will here give 

 a report on my orchard, observations, etc. I have planted this season 

 about 350 apple trees. Most of them one year old, some, however, 

 were three years old. Although the three-year-old were good fresh trees, 

 the yearlings will outgrow them greatly by fall ; that is the prospect 

 now. My larger trees have come through the winter all right with the 

 exception of Wine Sap, which is slightly injured. I had a small por- 

 tion of my orchard in sod last summer, but as the trees did not grow 

 well enough to suit me, I ploughed it up early in September. Of course 

 it could not be harrowed then, and had to be left in that condition all 

 winter, of which the field mouse took advantage. I could not have fixed 

 a better place for them, the consequence was thata few of the trees got 

 gridled. It never pays to waste time with a poor tree. As soon as I 

 find a tree is injured badly I dig it up and put in another one. You 

 may try to doctor them up some times, but my experience is that they 

 are almost sure to go back on you afterwards. My peech trees were 

 badly injured. I have cut down a good many. Amsden does the worst 

 with me, while Steadly's Late and Foster are my best ones. The change- 

 able weather this spring has caused the leafs on my trees as well as on 

 others, which I am afraid will injure them still more. 



Pears are growing fine. I have about eighteen varieties, Bartlett, 

 Olapp's Favorite, Flemish B, Kiefer and Le Conte show the most vigor, 

 while Sheldon grows the slowest of all, but they are healthy. 



Quinces — Champion was killed to the ground, while R. Mammoth 

 and Orange came through all right. 



Apricot — All the trees were killed, ilussian and all. 



Cherries — E. Richmond, Late Duke and Reine Hortense are in fine 

 ■condition, but all the sweet cherry trees were killed. 



Plums — Wild Goose and Green Gage are my best, while Brad- 

 shaw, Lombard, etc., were injured. 



With my dwarf trees I am getting along right well, except with 

 peach and apricot; these generally die before any design can be com- 

 pleted. Dwarf apples on the paradise I find very interesting if trained 



