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— which is more of a plum than a cherry — ought to be called the 

 Compass plum-cherry, rather than a cherry. It is an excellent tree 

 and, in my opinion, worthy of propagation. It will bear young. It 

 will bear when only two or three feet high, and bear profusely. It 

 is a tree that is beautiful when in blossom, and it will pay anybody 

 to plant them simply for the bloom if it does not fruit, but it fruits 

 every year and fruits profusely. 



DJEFFERS TRIAL STATION, ANNUAL REPORT, 1906. 



DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 



Our fruit crop as a whole was considerably below the average. 

 Strawberries were nearly a failure, owing to winter injury of 

 plants ; raspberries were fair, and the plum crop, owing to late 

 frosts, the plum rot (monilla) and the shot hole fungus, was not 

 what it ought to have been. It was an off year for the apple, 

 and we had about fifteen percent of a full crop. 



The plum rot and the shot hole fungus seem to have established 

 themselves in the plum orchard ; in the apple orchard, the apple 

 scab and the ripe, or the brown, rot fungus have apparently estab- 

 lished a firm foothold. Owing to these fungi, the fruit of both the 

 plum and the apple would keep only a very short time after being 

 gathered, the rot fungus continuing to work on these fruits after 

 they were in the crates. No variety of the plum was entirely free 

 of the plum rot except the De Soto and several of its seedlings, 

 which were less affected by it than were most other varieties. 



There are several varieties of apple that so far have been free, 

 or nearly so, from the brown, or ripe, rot. They are : Yellow Trans- 

 parent, Blushed Calville, Antonovka, Whitney No. 20 and Okabena. 

 With the exception of the Blushed Calville, these varieties have been 

 entirely free from the apple scab fungus. 



There has been no blight noticed this season in our apple orchard 

 except a trifle on one overloaded Okabena tree. All varieties of 

 bearing apple trees have developed a great number of fruit buds for 

 next season's crop, and about all varieties are going into winter 

 quarters in excellent condition. The Patten's Greening was dis- 

 appointing in that it was so badly affected by the brown rot fungus, 

 and it kept after being gathered only a short time. The Wealthy 

 kept better. 



The Yellow Transparent gave us a fine crop of fruit which sold 

 readily at one dollar and fifty cents per bushel. We regard it as 

 our best extra early variety — but it should be grown where there is 

 a free circulation of air. 



