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Whitney, Shield (very good) ; Virginia, fine tree but not bearing 

 much : General Grant, Greenwood and a few more. 



"I have a cherry orchard of some eighty trees ; they were bearing 

 a few cherries last year. I got them mostly from Wisconsin and 

 some from Col. Schmitt of Springfield, Minn. I have the Homer, 

 Wraag and Ostheim ; these suffered last winter. 



"I have some thirty varieties of plums. Some are very good 

 a'nd satisfactory ; other are not, although recommended. You 

 must take into consideration that all mv trees in the orchard are 



Screen of pines adjoining gymnasium at St. John's University. 



planted in sod, and they do not grow as well as if cultivated, nor do 

 some varieties give as nice fruit. I mulch my trees, but cannot cul- 

 tivate, for I am no farmer, nor will our people ever think of culti- 

 vating fruit trees. Besides this the land I have at my disposal is 

 rather poor. Hence, taking these points into consideration, I will 

 in course of time only select such varieties as do comparatively well 

 under such adverse conditions." 



