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unable to find a single apple in this orchard that would grade a 

 good second. Scab, bitter rot, codling moth and the freeze had com- 

 pletely ruined the crop. Varieties : Ben Davis, Jonathan, Huntsman 

 and Missouri Pippin ; orchard not cultivated the past season. The 

 fruit in all the orchards examined along the Missouri river bluffs, with 

 the one exception, was almost completely ruined by the freeze. 

 Commencing about five miles southwest of Jefiferson City is a high 

 strip of table land comparatively level. In this locality I found the 

 apples less injured by the freeze than elsewhere; here were located 

 the other two orchards, where the freeze had not injured the apples 

 to any great extent, although there was considerable damage by scab, 

 bitter rot and codling moth. While these orchards were owned by 

 different men, they were practically only one orchard, they being on 

 comparatively the same level and only the country road dividing 

 them. In at least 95 per cent, of the orchards examined, I beheve 

 it would have been better for the owners if the freeze had made a 

 clean sweep of all the fruit, as it was almost worthless for anything 

 except breeding grounds for scab, bitter rot and, codling moth. 



Pears, peaches and plums were nearly all killed before the freeze 

 of May 1st. Cherry trees were loaded with young fruit when the 

 freeze of May ist came and killed nearly all of them. 



Strawberries. — I have about thirty varieties in cultivation. The 

 following varieties were severely injured by the late freeze: Early 

 Sunrise, Michell's Early, Clyde, Star, Bush Cluster, Nick Ohmer, 

 Georgia Prolific, Tennessee Prolific, Brandy-wine and Beder-wood. 

 Johnstone's Early first fruit and bloom all killed, but gave us a fair 

 crop of late berries. Among the varieties that were the least injured 

 w^re Excelsior, Crescent, Sunnyside, Edith, Warfield, Ridgeway, 

 Parker Earl, Downer's Prolific and Pine Apple. 



Black RJaspberries. — Four varieties. Of these Laughlin was about 

 three- fourths killed; Kansas about one-half; Centenial one-half, while 

 Mammoth Cluster was uninjured. 



Red Raspberries. — Two varieties. Miller slightly injured; Brandy- 

 wine gave us the heaviest crop of fruit we have ever grown. 



Blackberries. — Four varieties. Brunton Early, about one-half 

 fruit killed; Snyder slightly injured; Taylor and Kittatinny uninjured 

 by frost, but severely damaged by hot winds and drouth of July. 



Grapes. — Two varieties, home use only. Moore's Early and Con- 

 cord ; all new growth killed by freeze of May ist; about May 3d re- 

 moved all dead leaves and vines. Moore's Early produced fair crop 

 from dormant buds ; bunches under size. Concord produced the finest 

 crop of fruit from dormant buds I have ever succeeded in growing. I 



