172 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 1904. 



No diseases or insects of any consequence have troubled 

 us. The trees have been sprayed with Bordeaux mixture, 

 and this has probably helped to hold in check the scab, a 

 funo-ous disease which attacks the leaves and fruit to some 

 extent nearly every year, but which, with us, does not 

 assume serious proportions. 



The principal varieties grown are Orange, Champion and 

 Rea (Rea's Mammoth). All succeed perfectly, and we have 

 found them all equally acceptable in the market. 



