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Raspberries were all that they promised to be. Ohio did bet- 

 ter than they have for several years. Older, Palmer and Loudon 

 bore a ^od crop. 



Blackberries were a good crop. Every one that had a few 

 bushes had plenty of fruit. 



Grapes were almost a failure — a few scattering bunches but 

 nothing to speak of. 



Plums. Wyant bore a good crop. We consider this variety 

 one of the best for our location. The past three seasons it has 

 given us good crops. De Soto and Wolf bore a light crop, and 

 tne fruit was quite scabby, especially that of the De Soto. Sur- 

 prise bore no fruit this year, although the trees were healthy and 

 vigorous. 



Seedling phlox, at Fred Cowles' place. 



Apples were a light crop. Patten's Greening bore the 

 heaviest crop of all varieties on our grounds and with very 

 little blight. Hibernal bore well. We think more of this apple 

 than we used to, as the tree is very hardy and the fruit is very 

 good for culinary purposes. Peerless was a total failure in 

 our orchard on account of the scab, but in a neighboring orchard 

 of twenty trees there was picked about fifty bushels of apples. 

 These were beautiful apples and sold for $1.00 per bushel. 



I have been trying the dust spray this year for scab, but I 

 am not satisfied with the results ; although our entomologist ad- 



