30 ANNUAL REPORT. 
Varieties to Plant. 
With the experience gained during these few years I am able to givea 
more pronounced judgement in regard to the comparative value of the sev- 
eral varieties named; and were I to plant another orchard of the same 
magnitude as the one now under cultivation, I should select as follows : 
Wealthy ....ce cee cece secccrcce a Saisie hekciobs an Leh BOreRE 
Duchess ......-e- wi w aleeionie oisis's Statetapuctars eta pie ..-- Hight acres. 
Tetofsky ...e cece cece sceee secccs cvccvcsccs soceQne-half acre. 
EAB ioe toss canes emer RCs top or oeecce oo ee One-half acre. 
TPHHSCENUENG 6 «cca as (siete leit ert siwiate vvicenedece os ee Qne-f0urtm acre: 
HYSIOP. cece ceeece reece ccee neues + sees eeeeeeeeOne-fourth acre. 
Virginia ......-.-. ween. wialate cea isintehoetats ae intetate .----One-fourth acre. 
Orange. .cccvcs cece cceccvcs seve vevecvecesceseceQne-fourth acre, 
Picking and Handling Frutt. 
Great care should be exercised in picking and handling the fruit. The 
condition of the fruit wheu marketed will largely determine the price. It 
should be carefully picked and put in the baskets or boxes, in which it is to 
be sent to market, and none but sownd fruit, or fruit free from bruises and 
soft places should be offered for sale. In this way a demand can be created 
and maintained for the best fruit, and at remunerative prices. 
Pecuniary Results. 
In considering the results of these experiments, it should be borne in 
mind that many of the trees are of small size, and produced but little fruit. 
Many of the larger trees produced from two to four bushels each. Had the 
entire orchard produced accordingly, the profit would have been correspond- 
ingly larger. On an average of two bushels to a tree, and seventy trees to 
an acre, the result would have been 140 bushels to the acre, which, at $1.50 
per bushel, would have yielded a return of $315 per acre. 
The following figures will show the result of last year’s production. The 
first fruit was marketed July 12th, when twenty bushels, consisting of wind- 
falls and fruit picked to relieve overbended branches, were sold at 80c. pey 
DUIBDEL shee 'pinc.sirwte's om ences s'e/alap wrarctisinbe late lale(e pte Slant faeoe $16.00 
240 bushels of Duchess on } acre, from 150 trees...... 370.00 
Total on One-Nall ACLE s. «/eicine sisi o.0 plow aisiovoe's cis aittarnie Aiea e $386.00 
30 bushels, mostly Haas..... ov cce eevee coccne reve tece $45.00 
547 bushels crab-apples, all varietieS.....+-.+.sseeseee 351.40 
$396.40 
800 quarts raspberries at 15c. per qt+-secees--see Seles $45.00 
260 quarts strawberries at 1Cc. per Qt.cccessecee-eees 2 26.00 
71.00 
Total for frnitsscccsse cece PLT dre oe 4b Cale dealee $853.40 
