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correspondents, and returnable May 24, the following ques- 

 tions were asked : — 



1. What fruits do best in your locality ? 



2. Is there plenty of land available for fruit culture in 

 your vicinity ? 



3. (a) To what extent are new orchards being planted in 

 your locality? (h) What kinds of fruit? 



4. What per cent of the buds of the following fruits win- 

 tered: peach, plum, cherry? 



5. What per cent of an average bloom did apples show 

 (100 representing average) ; pears? 



6. What insects are at present most troublesome on fruit 

 trees ? 



7. Is spraying for the San Jose scale practiced ? 



8. Is spraying for codling moth and other fruit pests prac- 

 ticed during May and early June ? 



9. What are the prospects for the small fruit crop (give 

 per cent, 100 representing the average) ? 



10. (a) Are markets good ? (&) What is the most common 

 method of marketing — direct to consumer, co-operative or 

 through commission houses ? 



11. What fruits, if any, have suffered from frosts? 

 From the above correspondence we received 72 returns, 



and from these a summary of conditions relative to the fruit 

 crop has been compiled. 



Pkuits Adaptable to Massachijsetts. 



Every reply received, 72 in all, gave apples as one of the 

 fruits which flourish best in their especial locality, thus 

 clearly demonstrating that the apple is king of fruits so 

 far as being adapted to Massachusetts is concerned. The 

 replies were fairly well distributed over the State, with a 

 preponderance in Middlesex, Worcester, Essex and Franklin 

 counties. Forty-three correspondents, fairly well distributed, 

 included pears in the list; 37 spoke of peaches, Berkshire 

 County not being included; 23 reported plums, Berkshire 

 and Hampden counties not being included; 22 included 

 strawberries in the list, no reports from Berkshire, Hamp- 



