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have, as a rule, not previously been recognized as desirable ones. The 

 results, however, have been most satisfactory for, owing; to my other 

 duties, the personal attention I have been able to devote to tliem has 

 necessarily been quite limited. 



My tabulated report for the Orleans county orchards only include to 

 1011, as tliree of the orcliards passed from my care at that time, and in 

 1912 my entire time owing to he bumper crop, was taken up by my 

 Oswego county proposition and no records were retained. 



SOME ORLEANS COUNTY ORCHARDS. 



Orchard No. 1 contains 100 trees, set in 1870, of the following varie- 

 ties: 80 Baldwins, 40 Hubbardston, 7 Kings, 12 fall varieties and 11 

 assorted winter varieties. Soil ranging from clay to sandy loam, T pur- 

 chased this orchard in the spring of 1903; it had previously received 

 fairly good care and was recognized locally as a good orchard. Pruning 

 in previous years had been partially, but intelligently, performed. Till- 

 age, had been cropped annually since planting. Fertilization, occasional 

 applications of barnyard manure had been given it. Spraying; had been 

 neglected. The yield of fruit for the previous years had been about 100 

 barrels annually. Since 1903 the annual yield has been as follows: 



1903—287 barrels. 1908—335 barrels. 



19.04—460 barrels. 1909—353 barrels. 



1905— 20G barrels. 1910—235 barrels. 



1906—323 barrels. 1911—494 barrels. 

 1907—340 barrels. 



making a nine-year average of 337 barrels. The annual receipts have 

 avei-aged -f 758.36. The 1912 crop exceeded the nine-year average, and 

 receipts equallv the same. 1913 — 349 barrels. Receipts for barreled 

 stock 11,109.50; evaporator stock or culls, 195.60; total |1.205.10. 

 I might mention in this connection that in 1907, and again in 1913, the 

 fruit on the 40 Hubbardston trees, a single acre, was sold from the 

 orchard for -1800.00, and that in 1911 the yield from the same trees ex- 

 ceeded 1,000 bushelp, but were so badly damaged by hail that it Avas ad 

 visable to sell in bulk to a local canning factory at 40c per bushel. 



Orchard No. 2, contains 200 trees, about 50 years old, of the following 

 varieties: 60 Baldwin, 60 Russett, 30 Greening, 10 King, 10 Tallman 

 Sweet, 5 Northern Spy, 15 fall varieties and 10 winter assorted. This 

 orchard came only under my care in the spring of 1903, and had previous- 

 ly received fairly good care. The orchard was recognized locally as only 

 a fair one; the soil varied from a light sand to a clay loam, at least 

 25% of the original planting having been killed from lack of proper 

 drainage. For several years previous the returns from this orcluird had 

 averaged about |300 per annum. That is. when the fruit was cheap the 

 crop was such that the gross returns were about that amount, and when 

 high it was al)out the same. The fruit of this orchard harvested and 

 marketed since coming into my possession, has been as follows: 



1903—451 barrels. 1908—500 barrels. 



1904—495 barrels. 1909—552 barrels. 



1905—477 barrels. 1910—360 barrels. 



1906—468 barrels. 1911—711 barrels. 

 1907—493 barrels. 



