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Messrs. Judcl and Hand's orchard of Wao-eners was in a 

 very perfect state of cnltivation. Trees low trimmed, and 

 they bore largely. Trees were planted carefully in holes dug 

 two feet deep and four feet wide, and filled with surface earth. 

 Of 100 trees planted, all were alive. Cherries also Avere all 

 alive and healthy. The orchard had grown a crop of potatoes. 

 The first premium on apples and cherries was awarded to this 

 orchard. The next orchard examined was that of George 

 Smith of Walker, set out in usual form, but the trees were 

 carefully planted. To this orchard the second premium on 

 peaches and cherries was awarded. 



J. S. Woolston was awarded the second premium on Wage- 

 ners. His orchard is two miles south of Middleville. The 

 soil was a clay loam, and the cultivation was good. 



The next orchard was that of Martin Cook, in Gaines town- 

 ship. This section is remarkable for its rich, deep soil of 

 black loam and gravel, and its heavy growth of timber, com- 

 prising bass, whitewood, maple, and other kinds. It is a high, 

 rolling land, never afiected by frost for the past eighteen years 

 He had fifteen acres of jieaches, from which he sold one to 

 two thousand dollars' worth of peaches. First premium was 

 awarded'for his orchard of Baldwin apples. 



Next was the peach orchard of Mr. Close of Grattan. This 

 was an orchard that it would do the eyes of any one good to 

 see. He set out his trees from the 5th to the 10th of June, a 

 period so late in the season we could not approve of as a 

 general practice. Some of the trees had grown ()8 inches in a 

 year. He ran the cultivator through the trees every other 

 week. The smallest growth was 38 inches. This orchard was 

 the most clean and perfect in the county, and it was free from 

 the peach worm. It was awarded the first premium' as a peach 

 orchard. 



It is claimed that the AVagener orchards are more free from 

 the apple worm than others; but it must be taken into 



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