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it for several years, and the fruit regularly spots or scabs and 

 shrivels up on the tree even before it gets fairly ripe. It does 

 this in wet as w^ell as during dry seasons. We had some plum 

 rot but not as large a per cent as usual. There was no cracking 

 of plums except on some very late varieties, mostly seedlings. 



Our apple crop was light. The Duchess bloomed as well as 

 usual, but only a small proportion of the blossoms were fertilized. 

 The Wealthy did not bloom very full, but a large proportion of 

 them set fruit, and we had quite a few Wealthys. A few trees 

 of the Hibernal bore very well. The Breskovka is also one of our 

 reliable varieties that bore well this year; it bears some fruit 



Willow Shelter Belt adjoining Orchard. Winter Scene at Dewain Cook's. 



every year. My oldest tree of Okabena, set fourteen years ago, 

 has settled down to the habit of bearing a heavy crop on alter- 

 nate years. This was its bearing season. This variety bears 

 when quite young and annually until the trees have been set 

 about ten years. The Peerless bore a few specimens on trees 

 set the spring of 1891. I am much pleased with the quality of 

 this apple, but so far the trees have proved shy bearers. Patten 

 Greening appears to be at home here and bears better on young 

 trees than does the Wealthy ; but trees of this variety set twelve 

 years ago have not proved near as productive the last three years 



