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ton, Mass., two varieties of beans; L. L. Olds, Clinton, Wis., one 

 tuber Vigorosa potato; Bowker Fertilizer Co., Boston, Mass., pail of 

 denrolen; Greenville Implement Co., Greenville, Mich., one potato 

 planter, one garden cultivator; D. H. Knowlton, Farmington, Me., 

 scions of seedling plum; North-Western Seed Co.,Dundas, Minn., list 

 of melon seeds; Jewell Nursery Co., Lake City, Minn., two seedling 

 plums, scions of Waif plum; F. Richards, Freeport, N. Y., set of 

 transplanting implements; Theo. Williams, Benson, Neb., sets of 

 sweet potatoes; Ohio Experiment Station, Wooster, Ohio, varieties 

 of seed potatoes; South Dakota Experiment Station, Brookings, two 

 hundred pits of Vladimir cherry; New York Experiment Station, 

 Geneva, N. Y., three varieties currants; G. J. Gjemse, Hader, Minn., 

 two varieties of plums. 



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CLARENCE WEDGE, SUP'T. 



Apples. — The following varieties have matured good crops the 

 past season, those marked with a star bearing particularly heavily: 

 Duchess*, Vargulec*, Wealthy*, Long Arcade, Tetofsky*, Charlamofif, 

 Hibernal*, Russian Green (Anis), Longfield*, Ostrekoff (4 m.), Repka 

 Malenka, Antonovka, Czar's Thorn*, Haas, Patten's Greening*, W^hite 

 Transparent*. The Lowland Raspberry (heretofore reported as Sum- 

 mer Lowland) and Yellow Sweet continue shy bearers, but as both 

 are particularly choice fruits I do not feel inclined to discard them. 



Of the young trees that have shown a tendency to good bearing, 

 1 would mention Cross 413, Newell's W"inter, Peter and Price's Sweet. 



The Transparent and Wealthy were the only kinds that showed 

 much blight. 



At the risk of repeating much that we have heretofore reported, 

 we will make a few notes of observations that have particularly im- 

 pressed us the past season: 



Longfield. — This variety holds nearly up to the size of Wealthy 

 the past two seasons and keeps about the same. The best colored 

 specimens of W^ealthy are higher in flavor than any of the Long- 

 field, but the latter averages better and retains its flavor longer. 

 Trees set nine years ago produced a little over one barrel per tree, 

 being the third consecutive crop. 



Patten's Greening. — The handsomest showing of fruit we have 

 ever had in the orchard was carried by this variety the present sea- 

 son. A large share of the apples were colored j^ellow with a blush, 

 very perfect in form, of the largest size and hanging extremely well 

 to the tree for so large an apple. 



Hibernal. — A very fine and perfect crop was harvested from this 

 variety, the fruit being large and of such even size as to scarcely 

 need sorting for market. We have over one thousand trees in orchard, 

 the larger share about four years set and just beginning to bear. A 

 more healthy and thrifty lot of trees it would be difficult to find; 

 not a blighted or sunscalded one in the lot. This variety and Pat- 

 ten's Greening should never be put in the barrel until they have un- 

 dergone a curing process in a cool, airy shed; and our experience 



