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Quinces were included in the spraying to which the entire plantation 

 was treated, while yet dormant. 



July 1st they were sprayed with Bordeaux in connection with the plums 

 with which they are alternated. 



Neither insects nor fungi have b3en observed attacking either plants or 

 fruit of the quince during the seacon. 



Angers, Bourgeat, and Van Deman, have not yet fruited here. 



Hong Kong was planted here as early as 1888. It has proved hardy, 

 and has made moderate annual growth, bat has neither bloomed nor 

 fruited. 



Champion cannot be depended upon to fully ripen, even in average sea- 

 sons in Southern Michigan. 



NUTS, 1897. 



ALMONDS. — Amygdalus communis. 



Luelling, a hard shelled variety, planted in 1892, is hardy and vigorous 

 in this climate. It bloomed on April 29 and ripened the last of October 

 to the first of November. The fruit, though of fine size, proved nearly 

 neutral in flavor. Much of the foliage dropped before the fruit matured. 



Soft Shell, planted in 1892, has also proved hardy here. It bloomed for 

 the first time on April 29 last and ripened a light crop of nuts, which were 

 gathered about the middle of October. Although pleasant in flavor they 

 scarcely equaled those offered for sale commercially. This variety also 

 dropped a portion of its foliage prematurely. 



CHESTNUTS.— Castanea. 



The soil of the location in which chestnuts were planted is apparently 

 not suited to their needs, owing perhaps to retentive clay subsoil a foot or 

 two beneath the surface. Apparently from this cause several varieties 

 have failed, after a year or two of growth. 



Of those remaining, Comfort, Hathaway and Japan Giant, have not yet 

 fruited. 



Numbo partially matured several burs last autumn from buds which 

 should have remained dormant till spring. As a result it has made little 

 growth and shown no fruit the past season. 



Paragon produced a fine crop of nuts the past season, setting far more 

 than it could mature. 



Spanish (a seedling of the European type) has also fruited abundantly, 

 although the nuts are rather small for that species and of low quality. 



FILBERTS AND HAZELNUTS.- Corylus. 



Cosford, Thin Shell filbert, is yet growing satisfactorily, but has not yet 

 fruited. 



Hazelnut plants, received from the national division of pomology in 1892, 

 though healthy and vigorous, have not yet either bloomed or fruited. 



