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O.M. Lord. — Duchess, Wealthy, Northwestern Greening. Lord's 



Frank Yahnke. — Northwestern Greening, Wealthy, Borovinka, 

 Yahnke, Sugarloaf Sweet. 



John Grover. — Duchess, Wealthy, Northwest Greening. 



Mr. Grover, whose farm and orchard is just across the river in 

 Wisconsin, marketed something in excess of 3,000 bu. this season. 

 The Utter's Red, or Nonpareil, were very much in evidence in his 

 crop, and I wonder that he did not name them in his list. They are 

 a very good, marketable apple. 



Mr. C. L. Blair for an orchard of lOO trees would set: 



Duchess 5, Okabena 5, Malinda 5, Winter 5, Peerless 40, N. W. 

 Greening 40. Mr. Blair writes that his Peerless are doing finely 

 and are money makers. 



In answer to the question, "What kind of cherries would you 

 set for money makers ?" I received but two answers : 



Mr. Grover says, "Cherries are no money makers with me." 



Mr. A. J. Phillips, the veteran horticulturist of West Salem, 

 Wis., writes : 



"You ask, If I were to §et a new orchard for commercial pur- 

 poses what three or four varieties would I set? I would set 

 Wealthy, Longfield, Northwest Greening, Eureka and Shook — 

 perhaps Yahnke if it proved hardy in all places. At present I would 

 set one-half my trees Virginia crab, and top-graft them with Tall- 

 man Sweet, Eureka and Shook — that is, for a money crop. 



"With me, so far, two trees of Tallman Sweet, Eureka, Long- 

 field or Shook, top-worked, will bring me more money yearly than 

 fifty fine trees I have of E. Richmond cherry. My trees of cherry 

 are nice, but my soil does not seem adapted to the cherry." 



In concluding this report I would like to say to the members, 

 write promptly in answer to the request for information by the vice- 

 president of your district, and don't confine yourselves entirely to 

 the questions asked. Send along anything that will help to make his 

 report to this society of value. He must of necessity depend largely 

 upon reports from the outlying territory of his district. 



Mr. Yahnke : I would like to ask Mr. Merritt a question about 

 the Peerless : Do they keep very long ? 



Mr. Merritt : The Peerless keep about the same as the Wealthy 

 with me. 



Mr. Yahnke : I know you have two orchards, and I know 

 there is a marked difference between the two orchards in respect to 

 bearing. 



Mr. Merritt: Yes, one of the orchards is set in sand, and in 

 the other I had to dig out the holes with a pick, in gravel and 

 red clay soil, and so hard that I had to use a pick to loosen the dirt 

 in the hole in order to set my trees. Those on that side hill are the 

 most prolific I have, and they are Peerless apples. The trees grow 

 fine and large apples. I got a report from St. Louis that they were 

 as fine as anything they had there. 



Mr. Yahnke : You raised the question about the Hawkeye and 

 the Stoddard plum. I used to think they were pretty nearly alike. 



