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There were also sold from the same fields: 
3,000 raspberry plants, at $5 per M...--.--- seen eee ce eeee ew eeee F $15.00 
12,000 strawberry plants at $4 per M..-.-- . eee cece ee cee ee ee eeee 48.00 
May tall <tr teense oe oe Fore Ae a, tate tind Sth ales Aernott $63.00 
There were harvested from the same fields: 
NRMigenel ING \/oqub COON 0b UO USOIOD ON OB0 Ogeoidoo™ oo) Gouaocc DOOC mor $72.00 
DE us Cl SOO GMM alate, oat s.0107s a slereh'syeiscol usyate in clalal’eis fous ohe aheraleiasle, ioieie’a'e 96.00 
MOUILG AC SEG ONITMEO CLG Clo akereearacstesicloins aviclevche oveiete) Siciis aie et alareiateter bau (epaichaicaleteis 24.00 
Po mil Se Sonsdd Coton VOU) Soe do nded odaamocg coud OONe boodOF $192.00 
The young trees on the ground are estimated as follows: 
40 000 maple seedlings........-....-.-. shell ejeboererealstoicrs Socrates - $100.00 
Increased value of 3,000 elms.....-. iol a; Sia's keversl Severe ah akeke cistala clareMaveiore 75.00 
POO COTTANES. «000200 cece sacs Sees wee ees ans ioe dna opscduoudénc 45.00 
1,000 EVErgreenS.....ce cece ccerec cece cece es cecere cees cere eeeaes 20.00 
THIEN SOd 268 GOK BOO DO Mie COTOOOOUSUOOd poor hD doc aPeaieteiareicrelciate $240.09 
Summary. 
PULL eteerayeteterctsyayeier ein s)aliofevareleiei ORO COT OCS HOMO Cr TaD HOON mOOO GOL cgoc $853.40 
2 Voie? Gls CaSO uosaceooes ab OOo OOUDOeMODOdS Dodo SoDooGrar nOnoLOC 63.00 
Corn, hay, etc.....---.-.--.. Soonsond aoenad Adosde spadbee osabod 192.00 
Growth of plants and trees ..... nis OU OE ceo babi iD COL RIOnIoe cero se 240.00 
eNotes srsavclciela sis, sete sto tonaleterescialeyotele’s <\icretoteh sts ay oredee pouaodoe $1,348.40 
Duchess and Wealthy.— Distance. 
The Duchess has been the most extensively cultivated in this vicinity, and 
has proved to be the hardiest tree, and, in my judgment is the most profit- 
able variety. Although I have raised of the Plum Cider variety eight 
bushels to a tree, yet its cultivation has been discontinued, and it is no 
longer regarded with favor. 
I regard the Duchess and Wealthy as in all respects the most reliable vari- 
eties, and think they can be planted with safety. 
They should be set at least twenty-four feet apart both ways. The land 
should be kept under good cultivation, with crops that require frequent 
hoeing. 
A distance of 24 feet between the trees will allow of thorough plowing 
and cultivating, and give ample room for fair crops every year, and at the 
same time the trees will be more healthy and vigorous, and the fruit of a 
correspondingly superior quality. The contrast between fruit grown in 
dense thickets, and in orchards where the trees are planted 24 feet apart, 
from which sunlight and air are not excluded, is so marked as to become 
apparent to any one, both in respect to color and flavor. 
And fruit produced under these more favorable circumstances is sure to 
command a better price in the market, and to be inconstant demand. Such 
