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REPORT OX ORCHARDS. 



EY JOHN S. DRUMMONDS, NEW FLORENCE, MO. 



Some of the orchards in this county are in very fine condition. 

 There are a great many young orchards coming in that look very fine 

 and promising, according to the treatment they received. Peach trees 

 are in bad condition, the older trees being so badly injured they are of 

 little use and but few young trees are planted. The prospect is that 

 when another season comes for this fruit there will be no trees left to 

 bear. The i)each trees are going in winter quarters in good condition, 

 however; I liave no room to complain about the condition of my or- 

 chard, my older trees had a fine crop. 



The 'Early Harvest is a fine apple. My Janeton trees were very 

 full. I bought about 130 trees from Lionberger's, they are in fine 

 condition, I broke up the ground early in the spring and planted corn 

 among them, cultivated them well, this fall I looked over them for 

 "worms but none could be found. 



My Green Gages have suffered severely from the winter. Last 

 spring I built little fires among the trees and smoked the curculio. I 

 kept it up for a long time, but when they were about grown they began 

 to fall very bad. It is not an uncommon practice with many to set out 

 a lot of young trees and sow small grain among them which the borers 

 are ready to take advantage of. 



We ought to have more local societies, and every paper should 

 give a column for horticulture and by so doing information certainly 

 could be had. All our valuable reports should be given to men who 

 ■would be interested enough to read them. All our standard horticul- 

 tural books ought to be brought before the public as much as possible. 

 All information sent to me will be deceived with thanks. 



