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during the past summer and upon observations such as have attracted 

 my attention during the past season in other places : 



Of the apples I find that a very large number of different kinds of 

 seedlings can be found in this and Warren county. The first settle- 

 ments in Missouri have been made in this county, and I learn that the 

 early settlers in Daniel Boone's life time had planted out a great many 

 seedling orchards from seeds brought from the east. Of course a 

 great many worthless varieties were procured, but also some that were 

 fine and of good quality. From the best of these original seedlings 

 sprouts were afterwards taken and other orchards were set out until 

 now only the best of them are left. Of these not less than fifteen va- 

 rieties have been brought to my notice. I am now testing a large 

 number of these sorts in my orchard, and there are yet a great many- 

 more, of which I intend to procure a few scions. 



The Logans Late is one that I am watching very closely and I 

 think that it will prove to be quite valuable. The Logan, the only 

 bearing tree of this sort, is the original one which was planted in 1806, 

 has a very fine crop of apples again this year. All the fault I find 

 with it is its earliness. 



The Lucy Pew bore its first crop in my orchard this summer and I 

 find it to be a fine large apple of the best quality. It is an excellent 

 apple for evaporating or for local market, but do not think that it could 

 stand shipping. 



Of pears the newest varieties I have got are Keiffer and LeConte, 

 neither one of them have fruited for me yet, but are making very fine 

 growth. Have not noticed any blight in them yet though 1 have seen 

 the Keiffer blight at another place. Some Keiffer peirs that were 

 grown by S. Miller of this county, 1 have found to be fine and attractive, 

 and as to quality just good enough for any body, though not equal to 

 Bartletts. The Cockling is a pear that I am quite favorably impressed 

 with. It is somewhat earlier than Keiffer. The trees on our grounds, 

 as well as the ones I saw at Judge Miller's, seem to be very hardy and 

 very handsome, but how the trees will do when they get older I am not 

 prepared to say. 



Of Plums — The only new plums we get is the Marianna; but as 

 one of my associates has a more extensive experience with this fruit 

 than I have, I will leave it to him to report upon. The Newman seems 

 to be a plum that is a great deal thought of by the fruit growers of St. 

 Louis county ; but I know but little about it myself. 



Of Peaches and Cherries — I am not prepared to report any of the 

 newer sorts. 



