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and the thermometer ranging from 90 to 96 in the shade). They 

 did not recover or straighten out during the nights, and we found 

 on close examination they were scalded or burned, as it were, and 

 in a few days looked like fire had run through them, from this 

 blight. 



Trees that had no blossoms open, or had no blossum buds to open, 

 were not in the least affected neither then or during the summer — 

 only those that were all out in full bloom on those three hot days 

 perished. 



It looked to me, then, that so much surface of so much bloom 

 and leaves were not supplied fast enough with sap, to allay the 

 evaporation going on during the time, to keep the petals from 

 wilting or scorching." 



He recommends two remedies that are substantially the same as 

 Professor Burrill's, namely: 1st. "Remove the affected parts as 

 soon as possiole by cutting off the limbs a little below the colored 

 sap under the bark, or cut off where it is sound and health}^, and 

 immediately paint or wax the wound. 2d. Mulch the ground 

 under the tree or have a crop of clover or grass, or any other crop 

 that will shade the ground, thereby controlling sap circulation," but 

 adds another: "Plant trees when quite small, or better still, plant 

 your seeds where you want your trees to stand, so the main roots 

 will go down deep into the subsoil, thereby retarding and equaliz- 

 ing the new wood growth, so that a sudden change of air will not 

 stimulate overgrowth. This mode is particularly advisable for 

 planting the pear. G. 



THE OBJECTS OF THE STATE EXPERIMENTAL 

 FRUIT FARM AND WHAT IS BEING DONE. 



The chief object to be obtained is the development of long 

 keeping apples, as hardy in tree as our most hardy iron-clads — the 

 iron-clads all being summer, fall, or early winter. And it is with 

 pleasure I relate the success thus far attained in the development 

 of the objects sought. 



We began work on the State farm five years ago the 20th of last 

 April. We had to clear the land of a dense growth of timber; 

 then plow, plant, and fence; all of which was done by the evening 

 of the 6th of May — 762 crown and root grafts set. For we had no 

 trees of the variety we wished to set in the orchard, and so used 



