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proves to be a shy bearer and fruit very perishable, and we do 

 not consider it of any value. 



The Wealthy gave us only a light crop. We had a frost on 

 the morning of May 27th which we think reduced the crop of 

 that variety. 



The Antonovka bore a fine crop which was entirely free from 

 scab. It appears to be a valuable variety for this section. Blush- 

 ed Calville is another variety that promises to be valuable. It 

 is of large size and bears well. It is a few days earlier than the 

 Duchess. 



The Breskovka bore very heavily. We have had three trees 

 of this variety in bearing about twelve years and find it one of if 

 not the most productive variety grown at this station, but the 

 fruit is of only medium size and the quality is nothing extra.. 

 It is a little earlier than the Duchess, but the fruit does not sell 

 very well. 



Yellow Transparent bore a very good crop. We consider it 

 our best extra early variety. Hibernal bore fairly well, but we 

 can only market the fruit at a reduced price. 



We had in our apple orchard considerable of what is known 

 as the brown rot, or ripe rot. It appears to be the same disease, 

 or rather fungus, that has ruined so many of our plums for sev- 

 eral seasons. It was first noticed on some of our Duchess ap- 

 ples, but the Patten's Greening was affected the most. This 

 rot seems to be a new danger here that threatens the apple in- 

 dustry. One grower here declared that it was the blight, which, 

 after nearly ruining his apple orchard, was also destroying his 

 apples. 



As to plums, the following varieties gave us a good crop : 

 Wolf (freestone), Wolf (clingstone), Wyant, Paul Wolf and For- 

 est Garden, the freestone Wolf being overloaded. 



The shothole fungus was very bad, causing much of the 

 plum fruit to be undersized, some of the plum trees being near- 

 ly bare of foliage at the time the fruit was ripening. 



The Surprise, Aitkin and Weaver we consider worthless for 

 this section on account of non-productiveness. We have had 

 trees of these varieties of bearing size from five to fifteen years 

 and where we ought to have had many bushels of the fruit we 

 have hardly been able to get specimens. Some of the other va- 

 rieties that have failed almost as completely are Rollingstone, 

 Cheney, Mankato and Ocheeda. I have been growing these 

 varieties from ten to fifteen years and have never had the 



