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tive for many years. They, were originally dwarfs, 

 but I am quite confident they are now standards. 

 This is true of the majority of the Duchesse d'An- 

 gouleme trees in the orchard. 



The following statement gives the amount of 

 each year's sales : 



The 1st crop, the trees eight years old, $120.00 



" 2d " " " 139.41 



" 3d " " " 156.17 



" 4th " " " 202.28 



" 5th " " " 267.49 



" 6th " " " 310.20 



" 7th " " " 705.00 



Total $1,900.55 



This row, two years ago, produced ninety-four 

 bushels of marketable fruit, which sold for $705. 

 There was a scarcity of peaches in market, and pears 

 in consequence brought higher prices than usual. 



I will state in this connection, that this row is 

 the oldest in our orchard, no other of an equal num- 

 ber of trees has yielded so abundantly. 



We have single trees that will yield more. In 

 1865, we sold from four trees, grafted only nine 

 years, $100 worth of fruit. Since then we have 

 gathered from one of these four trees, nineteen 



