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This being- the condition here, we expected that on our low 

 lands many of our bearing apple trees would be in a dying con- 

 dition. But no such thing occurred, and these low land trees 

 matured a fine crop of apples. Although many of them were af- 

 fected by the scab fungus, they have the usual number of fruit 

 buds for next season's crop and are apparently going into winter 

 quarters in good condition. 



Whitney No. 20, which we consider more of an apple than a 

 crab, gave us a fine crop. This is one of our most successful 

 varieties, nearly free from blight, and the fruit sells better each 

 season. 



BOX ELDER SEEDLINGS OF FOUB YEAES' GEOMTH AT WTNDOM TRIAL STATION. 



The Okabena is another variety of apple that is proving of 

 great value. We had a fine crop of them. 



Patten's Greening also bore a heavy crop. It was a wonder 

 to many visitors to see a number of young trees of this variety 

 loaded down with apples and nearly every specimen being larger 

 in diameter than was the body of the trees which bore them. 

 This variety seems to be at home here, but is more subject to 

 the brown rot than any of my other varieties. 



The Peerless bore a light crop of large fruit of excellent quality. 



The Wealthy bore its usual good crop, but only a small per 



cent of the fruit was strictly No. i ; 1 5 or 20 per cent was good 



for little else except cider. We consider this one of our most 



valuable varieties and shall continue to plant largely of it. 



