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Kiejfer. This has failed to make the rapid growth credited to it in 

 more southern localities, in the orchard, but in the nursery the 

 growth has been very good. 



Le Conte. Notwithstanding the claim that the Le Conte and other 

 Japanese pears are not subject to the attack of the blight, 

 this and a seedling Sand pear were destroyed by blight the 

 past season. 



Lawson. A tree of this variety having been planted beside a variety 

 from Kentucky known as the Early Harvest, it is shown that the 

 two are very much alike in foliage. The Early Harvest has 

 fruited with us and answers the description of that of the Law- 

 son, but it is worthless for any purpose. The table on page 17 

 shows the condition of the atmosphere and amount of leaf blight 

 noticed during the months of July and August. 



peachp:s. 



Owing to the destruction of the fruit buds by the cold during the 

 winter of '87 and '88, little or no fruit has been produced this season. 

 The trees are making a fine growth and are generally free from 

 disease. A few trees standing partly in turf with strips of cultivated 

 land between the rows, however, have died, while those where all the 

 land has been cultivated, and where they stand wholly in turf have 

 escaped. 



The early varieties like Amsden, Alexander, Waterloo and Schu- 

 maker have rotted so badly, except in warm, airy places, as to be 

 almost worthless. While these and other very early white fleshed 

 varieties are more hardy than those of the Crawford and Old Mixon 

 type, this defect of rotting is so serious that, unless some remedy is 

 found, it will not be profitable to plant such early varieties. It is 

 hoped that another season experiments may be made to test some of 

 the well known agents desiructive to such fungus growth as cause 

 this rotting. 



The following varieties are growing upon the grounds, but few of 

 them have fruited this year. Our data is therefore so small, owing 

 to the limited fruiting, that we simply give a list of varieties growing 

 in the orchard without attempting to decide upon their comparative 

 value for this locality. 



Amsden, Alexander, Waterloo, Schumaker, Mt. Rose, Old Mixon, 

 Stump, Mrs. Brett, Sally Worrel, Arkansas Traveler, Conklin, Red 

 Cheek, Coolidge Favorite, Morris White, Holland (local seedling), 

 Wager, Wheatland, Reeves Favorite, Smock, E. Crawford, L. Craw- 

 ford, Foster. 



