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No. 10. No. 



No. 11. Sandy soil on hills ; black mould on the flats. 



No. 13. Fourteen years. 



No. 13. Yes, especially on old trees. Young trees have not been much 

 injured, except to fruit buds. 1 have a seedling tree with blossoms all over it. 

 The peach crop will be light. 



No. 14. The lowest temperature recorded at the U. S. signal station at 

 Grand Haven was on the 28th day of January at 10:25 P. M., 12^ below zero. 



HENRY S. CLUBB. 



LETTER FROM C. J. DIETRICH. 



Grand Rapids, Kent Co., May 29, 1873. 

 Gents : — No. 1. I do not know that any disease has attacked the peach trees 

 in this vicinity. 



No. 13. It has killed very many trees, yet we shall have peaches in Kent 

 county this year. 



No. 14. December 24th, 33° below zero. 



Respectfully, 



C. J. DIETRICH. 

 letter from d. r. waters. 



Spring Lake, Mich., June 2, 1873. 



Gents: — A copy of your questions forwarded by yourself to Hunter Savidge, 

 or to him through Mr. Thompson, has been placed in my hands by Mr. Savidge, 

 for answer. I pass over your tirst seven questions by saying we have not the least 

 sign or indication of the Yellows here. In reply to your 8tli interrogatory, I 

 can say that I have noticed no mildew in peaches here, but in the Serrate Early 

 York; this variety mildews every year with us. I pass again to your 11th 

 question and answer that our soil is a sandy loam, in places gravelly, in others 

 underlaid with clay. Our oldest orchards have been planted twelve years, but 

 there are trees in yards and gardens much older and healthy. 



I think the severity of the winter has. injured us some, but how much can- 

 not now be certainly stated. Quite a number of trees no older than three years 

 have been killed, and many older trees show signs of weakness. Orchards dif- 

 ferently located are differently affected. Those on an eastern and soutliern 

 exposure, are without a sign of injury to-day; those on a perfect level are 

 but little affected ; those on uneven ground and exposed to northern winds, 

 are injured most. I cannot think that the winter, however, has caused the 

 death of many of the trees that are dying. The trees to which I refer have 

 live bodies and limbs but are girdled at the crown of the root with dead bark, 

 the root being alive also ; they leave out in a weak way and die after a few 

 weeks. Others have live bodies and limbs but dead roots; that is, these trees 

 are alive in the parts exposed to the cold, but dead where protected by sev- 

 eral feet of snow. Nineteen degrees below zero was the greatest degree of cold 

 experienced at my place last winter. This was felt between 11 p. m. and 1 A. 

 M., during the night of January 29th. 



Peaches we will have a few ; grapes a nice crop ; cherries are promising finely ;. 

 apples never better; pears loaded and unhurt; plums also are promising a full 

 crop; quinces a full crop in favorable spots; small fruits are entirely unhurt 

 and promise a great crop; our woods are full of blackberries and huckleberries 

 Betting full of fruit. 



Yours truly, 



D. E. WATERS. 



