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Strawberry plants were set out two feet apart, four feet between rows 400 feet 

 long. 



All fruit bushes were planted four feet apart, eight feet between rows 300 feet 

 long. 



The sandy loam ground of tlie north side plots was intended for orchard purpose, 

 but not being cleared at planting time, the fruit trees and grape vines were set out 

 in nursery rows on the clay loam soil of the south side plots and the severer attack 

 of leaf blight upon apple trees must be ascribed to the nature of the soil as much as to 

 excessive lains. 



Upon the size of the trees depended the resisting power to abnormal conditions, 

 for while all apple trees survived and many made a splendid growth of new wood, a 

 great numlDcr made but a feeble growth, the smaller trees, regardless of variety, 

 faring worse. Out of fifty Shiawassees, for instance, which were small, one-year-old 

 trees, but one made a new growth of sixteen inches, while none of the remaining 4!t 

 made a growth exceeding four inches. 



If, thriving under adverse conditions may be taken as a safe basis (and no other 

 ground could well be expected as a result of the work of the first season), the follow- 

 ing varieties, having made the best growth, should prove desirable. 



Strawberries: Seaford, iSIarshall, Excelsior, Michigan, Sample, the last two being 

 the best. 



Gooseberries: Downing, Columbus. 



Currants: North Star, Prince Albert. 



Raspberries: Loudon, Columbian. 



Blackberries: Erie and Eldorado. 



Grapes: Early Ohio, Concord. 



The following varieties of fruit trees have made a new growth of 20 to 42 inches, 

 those leading among tlie apple trees being the Haas, with a growth of S2 inches ; 

 pear trees: Flemish Beauty, with a growth of 30 inches; plum trees: Forest Gar- 

 den, with a growth of 34 inches; cherry trees: Brusseller Braune, with a growth of 

 42 inches. 



Apples: Walbridge, Wagener, Wealthy, Yellow Transparent, Gideon, Pewaukee, 

 Duchess of Oldenburg, Tetofsky, Haas, Charlamoff. 



Pears: Flemish Beauty, Vermont Beauty. 



Plums: Moore's Arctic. Forest Garden, Wyant, Stoddard, De Soto. 



Cherries: Lutorka, Brusseller Braune, Dvehouse, Early Richmond, Windsor. Gov. 

 Wood. 



EXPERIMENTAL CROPS. 



NORTH SIDE PLOTS. 

 POTATOES (Hills IS Inches Anart, 4 Feet Between Rows). 



Three varieties were planted, one to three eyes in each hill, namely, the Rose of 

 Erin, Roberts and Carman No. 3. Excessive rains did less damage to the plots on 

 account of the better natural drainage and the more porous nature of the soil. 

 Shallow cultivation was kept up, though the hills were slightly ridged during the 

 last week in July with a view to insuring better drainage. But two sprayings for 

 potato beetles were required. Very slight damage resulted from leaf blight, all were 

 practically free from scab and the loss from rot caused by the heaA-y September rains 

 amounted to less than 5 per cent at harvest time. 



Seed destroyed by an excess of potash on places where log heaps had been burned 

 before planting time amounted approximately to ,'i per cent for Rose of Erin, 10 per 

 cent for Carman No. 3 and 20 per cent for Roberts. The total yield gave ll5\i 

 bushels of merchantable potatoes and 5 bushels of small potatoes. 



"CARMAN NO. 3." 



One thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine hills were planted June 3, 4 and 5. 

 The yield was 53^1' bushels, or 202'/^ bushels per acre. 



