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Nevada. — Not badlv iujured. Withstood the freeze better than 

 Wallace. 



OJimcr. — Unevenly affected. Some bushes were quite seriously in- 

 jured, and others very slightly. 



Rathhun. — Stood freeze well, grew well, and had a better crop than any 

 other variety of blackberry. The berries were of unusual size for Rathbun. 



Snyder. — Was se^'erely killed back, but made good growth during 

 the summer. 



Wallace. — Not very seriously injured. Made a moderate growth. 



Wilson. — Was not killed back as much as many of the blackberries 

 notwithstanding that it is a tender variety. Made a fairly good growth. 



CHERRIES. 



The crop of cherries was the smallest we have had in years. The 

 blossoming was only light, and many of the blossoms were frosted. 

 Montmorency Ordinaire was the only variety that had a full crop. No 

 variety of sweet cherry had anything but some scattering fruit. The 

 Dukes also liad poor crops, the IMontrueil and Olivet with about half 

 crops being best. The Morel los all bore fairly well but the fruit was 

 poor and undersized. The popular Richmond bore about a half cro]). 



The October freeze did not injure any of the sour varieties, but the 

 Dukes and sweet cherries were slightly affected; the Russian varieties 

 Baltavar, Badaccony and Modnyansky Avere killed outright, even though 

 they were protected by the hedge. 



PEACHES. 



The freeze was most disastrous on this fruit, all of the trees in the 

 frosted district being killed except in the most favorable locations, and 

 those witli protection from the west and north. All of the trees at the 

 vStation were killed, including those set last year. The spaces occupied 

 by peaches in the northeast and northwest blocks were reset. 



During the latter part of August the ends of the limbs turned yellow 

 to about half their length while the lower half was of a healthy green 

 color. Taking the head of the tree as a whole it appeared as if the 

 outer part was yellow Avhile the center was green. This was undoubtedly 

 due to the souring of .the soil caused b^v the incapacity of our diains 

 to carry off the excessive moisture brought by the frequent rains we 

 had. In digging gi'ape post holes near the newly set trees we struck 

 water about two and a half feet doAvn which emitted an odor similar 

 to that of marsh gas. This with the cold season and Ihe fact that some 

 of the trees were from nurseries in the frozen district and were probably 

 slightly affected was the cause of the trees doing so badly this year. 

 The ])oor condition of the newly set trees was noticed in numerous 

 places. 



PLU.AIS. 



The jilum crop was fairly good, Oreeu Gage, ^lonarch, liradshaw and 

 Lombard bearing full crops. The Grand Duke, Archduke, Coe, G No. 4, 

 Foot and Damsons also bore good crops. It Avas noticeable that varie- 

 ties located under (lie iufluence of the west and north hedges bore the 



