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290 ANNUAL RTPORT 



bore a fair crop; Crescent a good crop; Wilson and Glendale, also 

 Monarch, medium. The plants were received from Charles 

 Luedloff and were set out the latter j^art of May, 1885, on ridges 

 made with plow and hoe. The season was late and dry and I 

 received the plants about three weeks before setting them, tied 

 in bunches. They were put in the ground until I could find 

 time to set them out; of tlft-ee hundred plants I lost but six. 

 When I planted them I used the following method: After mak- 

 ing the ridge and removing all lumps, I set in rows two feet 

 by five, walking over the rows with a pair of wooden shoes until 

 the ground was well packed, watered while planting and no 

 more. I kept them well cultivated until the middle of August, 

 after which I let them take care of themselves until the ground 

 was frozen, when they were covered with slough hay about four 

 inches deep; in the spring they showed a nice matted row and 

 bore a good quantity of well-formed fruit. After fruiting 

 I plowed out the middle, forming a ridge and leaving a row of 

 Ijlants from two to four inches wide, letting them run, and kept 

 the ground clear from weeds. The ground in the fall was cov- 

 ered with nice young plants which were again covered with 

 slough hay. This is my first attempt to raise berries or fruit and 

 I have been very successful. My apple trees that I planted last 

 year, some forty of six varieties, have made a good growth of 

 well-matured wood. Of plums I have growing Weaver, Forest 

 Garden, and De Soto; all doing well, but none fruited; all 

 planted in 1886. My ground is all new and well drained. I will 

 plant more next spring; shall try a few more varieties of straw- 

 berries and also try blackberries. Yours. 



Chas. Kenning." 



''M. Cutler, Esq., 



Dear Sir: Yours of the twenty-seventh finds me extremely 

 busy, and the few notes herein contained constitute a very 

 meagre report, but it is the best I can do for you now. Please 

 take the will for the deed. 



beach's sweet crab 



will always occupy front rank in my regard for the following 

 reasons: It is a rapid grower and fruits early and abundantly; 

 it is hardy, free from blight, and the quality of the fruit second 

 to none; fair specimens will measure one and three-fourths 



