62 ANNUAL REPORT. 
i . Raspberries. 
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Doolittle Blackcap, Seneca and Mammoth Cluster are the varieties i in culti- ' 
vation. Doolittle and Seneca stood the winter best, the Mammoth Cluster 
badly injured; canes killed down to the ground but sprouting agpin from 
the root. Fruit, none; Doolittle, half crop.. 
Currants. 
Red Dutch, White Dutch, White Grape, Cherry and Black Naples are the 
varieties cultivated. I would recommend the Red Dutch and White Grape. 
The Cherry Currant is a large fine berry but does not bear well. White 
Dutch are good bearers, but the branches are inclined to grow too much on 
the ground, the fruit gets covered with dirt and grit. Crop large; currant 
worms, none. 
Grapes. 
There have been more Grapes planted the past spring than ever before. 
Concord and Delaware are the principal varieties planted. I have the Con- . 
cord, Delaware, Moffats, Clinton, and two new seedlings that prove to be 
very hardy, not in bearing. I consider the Concord and Delaware the best, ' 
Moffats the hardiest and largest. Prospect of crop fair. 
Crop of last year, ’75, badly injured by wet weather. 
Plums. 
The plum crop will be light this season. Trees wintered well and blos- 
somed full, but the fruit has nearly all dropped. The curculio is very bad 
this season; none on the Miner. Native plums are generally cultivated. 
I have Harrison’s Peach, Trask’s Native and Newton’s Egg, with several 
other choice natives. Miner wintered well; prospect for fair crop. 
Hvergreens, 
I have had good success with evergreens. The varieties I have planted 
are: Spruce, American and Norway, Balsam Fir, Arborvite, Scotch Pine, 
White Pine, Prostrate and Savin Juniper; all doing well and making fine 
growth. Larch is the hardest tree to make live of any variety I have 
attempted to grow. I have procured European Larch from the nurseries 
several years in succession, and never had one to Jive, until last fall I was 
at the nurseries of Mr. Grimes and A. Stewart and procured more Larch; 
brought them home and buried them in the same manner I did apple trees. 
This spring planted early, and three out of twelve are growing. 
Apples. 
But few varieties of the Apple show any signs of health. Wealthy, Win- 
sted Pippin, Tetofsky and Duchess are the hardiest. Haas, Russian August 
and Fameuse are second hardy. The Haas are badly injured in the forks. 
