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best of the old and new varieties. Quite a per cent of the older 

 men are discouraged, and neglect is manifest ; while a few are com- 

 pletely disgusted and doing nothing in the line of fruit culture. 



Question 2. What average annual per cent of new men are 

 planting more or less fruit trees and small fruits? And what 

 average annual per cent of increase in the purchase of trees and 

 plants by all? Also what is true of the purchase of forest and 

 decorative trees and shrubs? 



A fair per cent of younger men, sons of the first settlers, as they 

 come to maturity, are planting and manifesting considerable interest. 

 A large per cent of the new men, coming from other sections, are 

 thus doing, resulting in an annual increase of trees and plants pur- 

 chased^ of from fifteen to seventy-five per cent. In the eastern part 

 of district many forest and decorative trees are taken from the nat- 

 ural forest, but to the west they are almost entirely purchased from 

 the nursery; and the annual increase of sales are from ten to one 

 hundred per cent, largely because of the manifest necessity of shelter 

 belts for protection, not only from the wintry blasts "but for the 

 shielding of fruits from hot winds, sun-scald, etc." 



Question 3. What six varieties of apples for the past six years 

 have proved the most remunerative in their order per tree for selling 

 in the markets within your reach? 



Votes: Wealthy, 28; Duchess, 25; Patten Greening, 10; Long- 

 field, 9; Malinda, 6; Northwestern Greening, 5; Hibernal, 6; Fa- 

 mouse, 5; Haas, 6; Anisim, 3; Peerless, 2; Tetofsky, 3; Utter, 2: 

 Walbridge, 2; Transcendent, 6; Early Strawberry, 2; Whitney No. 

 20, 2. 



Question 4. Please give the best six varieties each of apples 

 and "crabs and hybrids;" four each of plums, cherries, strawberries 

 and currants ; three each of raspberries, blackberries, gooseberries 

 and grapes for general planting. 



Apples: Wealthy, 22; Duchess, 19; Longfield, 10; Patten 

 Greening, 9; Northwestern Greening, 7; Malinda, 7; Peerless, 4; 

 Hibernal, 4; Tetofsky, 4; Utter, 3; Nelson, 2; Okabena, 2; Wal- 

 bridge, 2 ; Anisim, 2. 



Crabs and Hybrids: Whitney No. 20, 12; Martha, 12; Early 

 Strawberry, 10; Minnesota, 10; Transcendent, 8; Virginia, 7; Sweet 

 Russett, 5 ; Florence, 3 ; Briar Sweet, 2 ; Dartt, 2 ; Hyslop, 2. 



Plums: De Soto, 18; Wyant, 12; Rollingstone, 10; Forest 

 Garden, 7; Surprise, 10; Cheney, 6; Stoddard, 5 ; Wolf, 3 ; Weaver, 

 3 ; Gaylord, 3 ; Ocheeda, 2. 



Cherries: Early Richmond, 9; Wragg, 9; English Morello, 5; 

 Ostheim, 4; Montgomery, 3; Compass, 2. 



Strawberries: Bederwood, 15; Warfield, 13; Crescent, 9; Splen- 

 did, 6 ; Enhance, 3 ; Haviland, 3 ; Lovett, 4 ; Clyde, 3 ; Brandywine, 2. 



Currants: Red Dutch, 12; White Grape, 7; Victoria, 5; North 

 Star, 4 ; Long Bunch Holland, 4 ; White Dutch, 2 ; Cherry, 2. 



Raspberries: Loudon, 14; Cuthbert, 6; Gregg, 5; Older, 6; 



