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attention is being paid to the Russian apples, a few kinds of which are of known excel- 

 lence, such as the Alexanders, the Astrachans and tlie Oldenburghs, and we understand 

 that Mr. Lyon has been making them a subject of special investigation. His conclu- 

 sions cannot fail to be of great value. Apple growing in the State, except on the part 

 of a few men, has been of a hap-hazard sort of business, and orchards generally have 

 been left to take care of themselves, and yet when well taken care of their commercial 

 and above all their hygienic value exceeds that of any other like number of acres on 

 the farm. The declining value of the wheat crop, so long our great staple, is a warning 

 to our people that it is time they should begin to do something to conserve the future 

 welfare of Michigan." 



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