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PEARS. 



The pear crop in the experiment orchard has been so hght, and so 

 few varieties have fruited, that little extended observation could be 

 made. The varieties bearing the most fruit are the Bartlett, Anjou, 

 Lawrence, Belle Lucrative and Louise Bon ; although none of these 

 have produced a full crop, the Anjou and Bartlett throughout the coun- 

 try are producing more fruit than any other varieties. 

 Kieffer. This has failed to make the rapid growth credited to it in 

 more southern localities, in the orchard, but in the nursery the 

 growth has been very good. 

 Le Conte. Notwithstanding the claim that the Le Conte and other 

 Japanese pears are not subject to the attack of the bhght, this and 

 a seedling Sand pear were destroyed by blight the past season. 

 Lawson. A tree of this variety having been planted beside a variety 

 from Kentucky known as the Early Harvest, it is shown that the 

 two are very much alike in foliage. The Early Harvest has fruited 

 with us and answers the description of that of the Lawson, but it 

 is worthless for any purpose. The table on page 34 shows the 

 condition of the atmosphere and amount of leaf blight noticed 

 during the months of Jul-y and August. 



PEACHES. 



Owing to the destruction of the fruit buds by the cold during the 

 winter of '87 and '88, little or no fruit has been produced this season. 

 The trees are making a fine growth and are generally free from disease. 

 A few trees standing partly in turf with strips of cultivated land be- 

 tween the rows, however, have died, while those where all the land has 

 been cultivated, and where they stand wholly in turf have escaped. 



The early varieties like Amsden, Alexander, Waterloo and Schumaker 

 have rotted so badly, except in warm, airy places, as to be almost 

 worthless. While these and other very early white fleshed varieties are 

 more hardy than those of the Cravyford and Old Mixon type, this de- 

 fect of rotting is so serious that, unless some remedy is found, it will 

 not be profitable to plant such early varieties, It is hoped that another 

 season experiments may be made to test some of the well-known agents 

 destructive to such fungus growth as cause this rotting. 



The following varieties are growing upon the grounds, but few of 

 them have fruited this year. Our data is therefore so small, owing to 

 the limited fruiting, that we simply give a list of varieties growing in the 

 orchard without attempting to decide upon their comparative value for 

 this locality. 



