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and thus get the leaves out earlier. The bark hursted on some trees, 

 vet the cambium layer appears sound, although the wood is discolored. 



Keiffer pears were injured in the February freeze, some even so the 

 wood was black, Ijut I left them alone; they grew finely and there is no 

 trace of the discoloration now, Ijut have fine specimen trees in prospect. 

 Some thought that on the frozen trees blight would appear more, but 

 not so. Iveiffer looks fine. 



Cherries bloomed well but the fruit is dropping and trees look as 

 though they were dying all around. 



Japan plums are hurt but Wild Goose and others not so much. 



The injury to apples was started in the drouth of 1897. Older trees 



made a fine growth, and foliage is as green as at any time. The younger 



ones show the injury in a sickly, yellow appearance. Where the roots 



and trees were not cared for, there the trees are invariabl,y hurt the 



•worst. 



The wood of the Kansas and Progress raspberries is uninjured to the 

 tips. The vines were well mulched with <^rab grass which grew up and 

 stayed all winter. The canes were fine when I went in to trim them. 

 The Hopkins is reported good and where covered show little injury. 



The Snyder and Taylor blackberries will have a good crop and were 

 apparently unhurt. The Early Harvest promises a good crop though 

 it has a tender bud. 



Red respberries were killed to the ground but there are some good 

 returns now reported. 



Goodman.- — If seven and eight-year-old apple .-ind three or four- 

 year-old peach trees are now uncut would you prune them ? 



Hopkins. — J^ever at this time, the leaves are needed and loss of 

 them would kill the trees. 



Evans. — Why are the old ones hurt more ? 



Hopkins. — I do not know. The young ones are not so; the two- 

 year-olds are the same way. Old trees were on the decline and had had 

 less care. 



Evans. — The old bark is stiff and does not contract and expand 

 readily, so is erupted from the wood without bursting and the air gets in 

 so that it never adheres again and dies. Young bark is pliable and does 

 not split. 



