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24x30 feet, and not let them fork close to the ground. I would say 

 that there were a good many young trees set out here in the last two 

 years, and I think there will be more in the spring. Quincy and the 

 Pike county nursery both sold trees here the last year. 



J. T. Scott. 



CARROLL COUNTY. 



Carrollton, Nov. 29, 1889. 



L. A. Goodman, Secretary : Your letter of enquiry to hand. 

 Our apple crop was only medium, and only few orchards were full 

 Ben Davis and Willow Twigs were most abundant bearers. The fruit, 

 was injured by the core worm, the Smith, Vandevere seemed to be in- 

 jured the most. Jonathans, H. Favorite, Rome Beauties, all had a small 

 supply, but nowhere to compare with the demand for this kind of 

 fruit. I think I see a demand for other good apples that will command 

 a price beyond Ben Davis, the above mentioned varieties with Tulpa- 

 hockens, Domenios, Belleflower and other nice varieties will out-sell 

 Ben Davis ; this is what I noticed among our buyers. 



A party came from New Mexico, exchanging their products, apples, 

 etc. I had some samples of Carroll county apples, and Mr. D. L. Sain- 

 muel bought five cars of our apples ; would have bought more, but 

 was late in getting started on trade. Others have ordered more from 

 them since they went out. 



Our farmers are still planting new orchards and enlarging old 

 ones. We have a healthy growth in apple increase, but not what it 

 should be. 



As to peaches, we have had so few crops in last 15 years, and trees 

 killed by freezing so often, that we have no peach trees to amount to 

 but little. 



Our raspberry and strawberry interest is growing in acreage, but 

 not any surplus. 



We have some new apples to me. Will you kindly make me an as- 

 sortment of 1,000 apple trees of the kind for best orchard, for the fruit 

 and future demand ? Yours, 



W. S. Crouch. 



