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The other varieties were reported on from once to six times, 

 and but little idea of the comparative hardiness can be derived 

 from so few reports. 



West Central New York. — Forty-two varieties were reported on 

 by correspondents from this section. Those most frequently 

 mentioned were: 



VARIETY. 



Baklwiu 



Ben Davis 



Ksopus Spitzeiibiu'g 



Northern Spy 



I'ouud Sweet 



Roxbury Russet 



K. I. (rreening 



Sweet Bough 



Talman Sweet 



Tompkins King 



Twenty Ounce 



Average 



of all 

 reports. 



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The other varieties were named from once to six times. From 

 so few reports but little idea of their comparative hardiness 

 can be formed. But three localities in this section report that 

 apple trees were injured. The correspondent from Fleming, 

 Cayuga county, estimates that Baldwins were injured 20 per 

 cent there; from Covert, Seneca county, Rhode Island Greenings 

 were reported as injured 25 per cent, and from Tyre, Seneca 

 county, they were reported as injured 50 per cent. 



Great Lake Region. — Reports from the country bordering on 

 Lakes Erie and Ontario mention fifty kinds of apples grown for 

 home use and market. Baldwin was reported as injured 5 per 

 cent, at Cato and Ira, Cayuga county, and 25 per cent, at 

 Schroeppel, Oswego county. Esopus Spitzenburg was reported 

 as injured at Volney, Oswego county, 2 per cent., and at New 

 Haven, Oswego county, 10 per cent. Hubbardstons, in the latter 

 town, were injured 10 per cent. The only reiiorts of injury in 

 this icgidii to Noi'iluM'n Spy came from Oswego county, where 



