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year; White Ann Arbor, not satisfactory; Concord, good; Hartford 

 Prolific, prolific; Wilder, or Rogers No. 4, splendid grape, but drops 

 from vine. He also has other varieties, but has lost names for them. 



Apples were a capricious crop; in some localities Transcendents, 

 Hyslops and Duchess produced good crops, though not of the best 

 quality, but generally speaking they were a failure. A few Gen. Grant 

 were marketed. Most of the old orchards have died out, and parties 

 who have been trying to raise apples for the past twenty-five years 

 are discouraged; and many of the "coming seedlings" have gone the 

 way of the "ironclads." Mr. E. Myer, of this county, who is a vet- 

 eran pomologist, pins hici faith (what he has left) on the Duchess and 

 pronounces it the most reliable for this locality. His orchard of 

 Duchess — now nearly all dead — have paid him well, yet he is inclined 

 to let some younger enthusiast carry the fruit banner in the future for 

 this locality. 



Currants were a very poor crop, the lightest ever known in this lo- 

 cality. 



I am not a practical fruit man, and only have a natural inclination 

 and love for the subject without a chance to put my theories into prac- 

 tice. 



REPORT FROM MURRAY COUNTY. 

 By 0. F. Norwood, Balaton. 



The past season, although a little dry, was on the whole a favora- 

 ble one. The few trees scattered over the prairies all bear some fruit, 

 and where good care had been bestowed apples were a good crop. 



Leonard Aldrich, on the shores of Lake Shetek, raised over one 

 hundred and twenty-five bushels of apples from only a few trees that 

 have fruited three to four years, and sold for over one hundred dol- 

 lars, besides raspberries, strawberries, and other small fruit, which 

 was plenty. 



With us fruit was about the same as last year, grapes being a good 

 crop and of good quality, but this year I have to report the first ap- 

 pearance of blight on the Transcendent, which killed a few twigs 

 about a foot in length. We planted last spring two hundred trees of 

 different kinds for trial, and every one of them made a good growth 

 and seem to be in good shape at present. The rabbit is the worst en- 

 emy we have to apple trees here, and if they are not exterminated 

 there is little use in planting largely of apple trees. I have tried all 



