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curl have proved very successful. The help question, one of 

 my greatest difficulties is still unsolved. 



STATISTICS 

 Apples and peaches have returned the largest net in- 

 come to me. Currants used as filler crop have been very 

 profitable, yielding good dividends. 



Largest crop of currants in one year 



From 6000 bushes— 18,000 quarts. 

 Largest crop of peaches in one year 



From 125 trees— 1200 14 qt. baskets. 

 Largest crop of cherries in one year 



From 100 trees — 4700 pounds. 

 Largest crop of apples in one year 



From 45 old trees — 700 bushels, as against 100 

 bushels the first year. 

 Largest crop of plums in one year 

 From 90 trees— 5200 qts. 



VARIETIES 



I have been most successful with the following varieties 

 of fruit. 



Apples — Baldwins, Rhode Island Greenings, Roxbury Rus- 

 sets, Bellflower, Yellow Transparent, Bismark. 

 Peaches — Elberta, Stump, Greensboro, Lady Kneeland, 



Champion, Ray. 

 Plums — Burbank, Abundance, Shippers Pride, Bradshaw. 

 Cherries — Large Montmorency, Early Richmond, Bay State, 



Bing, "Windsor, Governor Wood. 

 Currants — Wilder, Perfection, Red Cross, Cherry, Fay's 



Prolific, Prince Albert, Black Champion, White Grape. 

 Pears — Bartlett, Bosc. 



Let me say one word in conclusion before I answer your 

 questions. I have found fruit-growing a most pleasant occu- 

 pation. Everyone here knows the delight of watching a 

 tree or bush slowly develop, day by day, knows the delight 

 of caring, tending and administering to it; knows the de- 

 light and pride when the full, ripe fruit — perfect in shape 

 and luscious to the taste — comes to the table. 



Such pleasure alone can only be enjoyed by our weal- 

 thy neighbor who raises fruit for fun. We here, who are in 



