158 NEBRASKA STATE HOKTIOULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



seeuis strange, the frost passed over the orchards that were 

 sprayed in 1908, and in Nemaha county less than 10 per 

 cent of the orchards were sprayed, yet the sprayed orchards 

 furnished nearly 50 per cent of the merchantable apples 

 sent out of the county. One orchard (less than 40 acres), 

 sold for 16,000. Anotlier orchard sold for $5,000 but I do not 

 know the size of the orchard. Tlie liighest returns reported 

 were from Grimes Golden, |25 per tree or |1,000 per acre, 

 at 40 trees per acre. Then there Mere hundreds of acres that 

 did not pa}^ taxes this year; but the value of the work put on 

 the orchards would not pay taxes so they gave in returns as 

 much as was expended on them. 



G. S. Christy, Director. 



KEFOKT FKOM DLSTIIKT NO. 2. 



COMPRISING THE COUNTIES OF WASHINGTON, SAUNDERS, DOUG- 

 LAS, AND SARPY. 



I did not Avrite out a report but 1 will say that we had a 

 splendid croi^ of cherries, plums and strawberries, and an 

 average crop of currants and gooseberries. We had an aver- 

 age crop of grapes and more than an average crop of apples. 

 We didn't have an average crop of peaches as it was too 

 cold in the winter and anyway we haven't a very good peach 

 country up there. 



Our quality of fruit was above the average. The apple 

 orchards that were cared for produced very good fruit. I 

 think there was something like 200 carloads of apples sent out 

 of the county I live in. I don't know how much there Avas sent 

 out of the other counties. The little town of Arlington sent 

 out about 50 cars and we have only 2 or 3 commercial 

 orchards. The orchards that were sprayed were a sight to 

 behold, — beautiful and free from blemish. Tlie orchards that 

 were not sprayed lost their leaves very badly. You under- 

 stand that the farmers' orchards are small 50 to 100 trees 



