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Clean culture is the method followed; legumes are not used as cover 

 crops. The aphis is doing the most damage ; to my knowledge there 

 has been no fire blight. Strawberry crop was not injured by frost; 

 prices have been satisfactory thus far ; season not yet over. Summer 

 spraying for sooty fungus is not practiced. 



Dennis (Frank E. Howes). — Frosts damaged plums 50 per 

 cent, but other fruits were not damaged. Seventy-five per cent of 

 tree fruits set well; not much drop. Fruit crop prospect: apple, 

 good; plum, poor; pear, peach, cherry and currant, good; rasp- 

 berry, blackberry and blueberry, fair. Most of the orchards in this 

 vicinity are in hen yards and are free from fowl stuff; legumes 

 are not used as cover crops. Tent caterpillars and brown-tail moths 

 are doing most damage; have not noticed any fire blight. Straw- 

 berry crop was not injured by frost; prices have been satisfactory, 

 about the same as one year ago. Summer spraying for sooty fungus 

 and other fruit diseases is not practiced. Orchards around here are 

 small, — mostly for family use. 



