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early and late Avhoncver he can liiul any insects. In cool weather insects are 

 caught under chips or blocks, but he relies mainly on the jarring of trees. 

 Tlie trees look well, but not quite so clean and smooth as farther nortii, though 

 this may be owing to their greater age, to the mode of jarring, and to the fact 

 that the trees when set were culls from the nursery. 



THE PLUM ORCIIAEI) OF C. ENGLE, 



Paw Paw, contains ninety-five trees, set four years. They are on a gravelly 

 knoll, and like peaches are cultivated early in spring, and often after till 

 August 1st, when the weeds are allowed to grow. The trees arc set deep, 

 ISx'-iO feet, and appear to be on })each stock. There are no borers. U'lic trees 

 are perfect in appearance. The fruit had been too much thinned by curculios, 

 which came on late and stung the plums near the stem. The varieties are 

 Pond's Seedling, Coe's Golden Drop, Bleecker's Gage, Wild Goose, and a few 

 others. At this place we saw the first specimen of the Wild Goose plum which 

 Ave ever saw on a tree. 



THE I'Li'.M OKriiArj) of portek beal, 



Eollin, Lenawee county, contains about 100 trees, mostly on peach roots, and 

 set six or seven years ago. There are a few Green Gage Seedlino:?, some of 

 which are top-grafted. He has Bleecker's Gage, Pond's .Seedling, Lombard, 

 Bradshaw, Coe's Golden Drop, Duane's Pur])le, Damson. Bradshaw is unprofit- 

 able. Golden Drop not very good. Tiie trees after setting were cultivated for 

 several years with some hoed crop, using but little manure. This year tiiere 

 has been little cultivation. Hogs have run among the trees for a year or two. 

 For curculio he jars witli mallet. The trees have borne for four successive 

 years. The first crop consisted of fifteen bushels and averaged four dollars 

 a bushel; the second of twenty-five bushels, and sold for four and a half to 

 five dollars per bushel ; the third of twenty bushels, at about four dollars a 

 bushel; the fourth is estimated at twenty-five bushels. He cannot begin to 

 supply the demand for plums. A few' trees in the orchard had died, and some 

 of the others were injured, still most of those left looked well. The trees are 

 on rather higli land, exposed to west wind for nine miles or more. From this 

 orchard we judge tluit in picked locations })lums may be profitably raised in 

 some portions of Lenawee county. The same may bo said of many other 

 counties in various portions of the State, while along the shore of Lake JNIich- 

 gan plums thrive, and may be easily raised with proper care in cultivation and 

 in destroying the curculio. The northern portion of this Lake shore seems l)est 

 adapted to raising fine ])lums. 



THE QUIXCE ORCnAK]^ OF CHARLES W. JAY, 



Blackberry Eidge, contains about 100 bushes set six years ago. Till this year 

 they had received no care, except to plow by them once a year. Xone died 

 during the last cold winter. They now appear sound, and look well, altliough 

 there is but little fruit on them. It still remains to be proved whether (piinces 

 can be ])rofitably raised in Oceana county, thougli we saw nothing which caused 

 us to think otherwise. 



THE QUINCE ORCHARD OF HANIEL ILGENFRITZ, 



Monroe, contained 500 plants of the orange variety, set two years ago, and were 

 two years old at that time. They arc placed in quincunx order, ten feet apart» 



