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early and abundant bearers. Fruit of medium size, dark handsome color and 

 fine quality. Brings the highest price. 



Milwaukee: — A newer variety of some promise as a market sort, ripening 

 in early September. Comes into bearing early; fruit large, striped, fair quality. 



Minkier: — A long-keeping, red winter variety, that produces heavy crops iu- 

 alternate years. Lacks quality. 



Morris Red: — Received in 1890. Has borne several heavy crops of medium to 

 large, red winter apples. Quality very good. Trees strong, upright, close grow- 

 ers. Season November to February. 



Oakland: — Trees slow, spreading growers; very productive; fruit medium- 

 sized; color yellow, overlaid with dark red; flesh has a mild half-sweet flavor. 

 Season November to March. Of some value for market. 



Oldenburg: — Hardy, vigorous, very productive. As a market variety, it has 

 been more largely planted than any other in Western Michigan, during the past 

 five seasons. Ripe August 15th. Too sour for eating, but excellent for culinary 

 purposes. 



Ontario: — Should be in every commercial orchard. An early and abundant 

 bearer; fruit medium to large, attractive. Good quality. Would sell for North- 

 ern Spy. Season November to April. 



Primate: Ripens in early August. Trees strong growers, but only fairly produc- 

 tive here. Very fine eating, valuable for home use only. 



Red Canada: — Trees rather poor growers, and slow in coming into bearing, 

 otherwise one of the very best long-keeping, rqd, winter, dessert varieties. 



Red June: — Small to medium-sized, of a handsome red color, fiae quality and 

 very productive. Ripe August 15th. A valuable variety for home use. 



Stark: — As a very long-keeper, this has few equals. The trees are strong 

 growers, very productive, and the fruit is of fair quality. Season December to 

 May. "Valuable. 



Titovka. — One of the hardy Russian kinds, ripening just after Oldenburg. 

 Trees are poor growers but very productive. Fruit large, handsomely colored 

 and sells well, although of poor quality. 



Tolmon Sweet: — A well-known winter sweet; very productive . 



Wagener: — A valuable variety to use as a filler between varieties that are 

 longer coming into bearing. Inclined to overbear and, for this reason, the trees 

 are often dwarfed and stunted. The fruit is attractive in appearance and good 

 quality. Season October to February. 



Wealthy: — Hardy, moderately vigorous, very productive, and of good quality 

 and fine appearance. One of the most valuable market varieties on trial. Season 

 Septerhber to October. 



Yellow Transparent: — Valuable for both home and market. A very early 

 ripening sort. Comes into bearing early and is very attractive. 



CEAD APPLES. 



The crop was rather light this year. Florence and .Jelly bore full crops but 

 they ripen too early and are too small to be profitable. Gibb and August are 

 larger kinds but are of poor quality, and too early. North Star is a very 

 productive early ripening kind, but gets mealy as soon as matured. 



Dartmouth and Martha are especially promising sorts, as they are of good 

 size, attractive appearance and very best quality. Virginia is a later ripening 

 kind of some promise. Quaker is a large, late kind, yellow in color, with but 

 litle red and of only fair quality. 



PEARS. 



The crop of pears was heavy from most of the older varieties. Fireblight made 

 its appearance, but by promptly cutting it out, being sure to cut below the 

 affected part, we were able to check the disease without loss or serious injury to 

 the trees. The fruit was smooth and unusually free from worms or fungus, 

 excejjt on one tree of Flemish Beauty which was treated with Owen's Process. 

 The fruit on this tree was so badly scabbed as to be almost worthless, although 

 in former years, it was kept clean and smooth by three or four applications of 

 Bordeaux mixture. 



The pear psylla made its appearance in the orchard in large numbers but two 



