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Dates of ripening of crops of Apples as noted at this station ttie present 

 season:— Tetofsky, Aug. 15th; No. 579, Aug. 26th; No. 321, Aug. 27; White 

 Transparent, Aug. 29; Czar's Thorn, Aug. 31; Charlamoff, Sept. 3rd; 

 Duchess, Sept. 3rd; Anis, Sept. 14th; Whitney, Sept, 16; Briar Sweet, 

 Sept. 17. 



Varieties set in 1891: — Arabian, Newell's Winter, Haas, Romenshoe, 

 Antonovka, Arthur, Wolf River, Howard's Best, Peter, Muscatel Rainet, 

 Talman Sweet, Melinda, Juicy Burr, Red Transparent, Romna. 



Varieties set in 1892:— 202, 4 Orel, 56 Vor, 22 M, 190, 4 M, Boydanoff, 

 3M, Striped Winter, 277, 28 M, Red Sport, Skalanka Bog, 169, 152, 245, 

 20 M, 424, Persian Bog, Bog White, 12 M, Cross Vor, 1277, Charlamoff, 

 185, Iowa Beauty, Duchess, Wealthy, 30 M, 980, 379, 252, 469, 167, Pro- 

 lific Sweeting, Duchess No. 6, Virginia Crab. 



Plums.— On account of overbearing the preceding season, the Desota 

 failed to set a crop for the first time in five years. Forest Garden bore a 

 few quarts. The Cheney, Rockford, and Wolf, set in 1891, made surpris- 

 ing growths. 



The following varieties were set in spring of 1892:— Richland; Mazerka, 

 Beer Plum, Vor Yellow, Moldavka, 20 Orel, Early Red, Hawkeye, White 

 Nicholas, 19 Orel, Orel Green, 21 Orel, Blue Communia, Wolf, Black- 

 hawk, Rolling Stone. 



CHERRIES.— The Minnesota Osthiem, set in 1885, although yet healthy 

 and thrifty, has failed to set a pint of fruit, and the few specimens that 



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