The growth of wood on these trees was good, and the fruit matured 

 was of large size and good quality. More fertilizer, however, will 

 be needed the coming season to repair the waste of last and keep 

 the trees in a vigorous, healthy condition, especially if a crop of 

 fruit is produced, as is now promised. One tree of each variety was 

 sprayed with the dilute Bordeaux mixture (4 lbs. copper sulfate, 4 

 lbs. caustic lime and 100 gallons water) three times for the peach 

 scab, adding Arsenic Lime in the first two applications for the destruc- 

 tion of the plum curculio and other insects. The result of this 

 spraying was very clearly indicated. The fruit on the unsprayed 

 trees was in most cases seriously injured by the scab, and in some 

 cases by the brown-rot or monilia, while on the sprayed trees little 

 or no injury was done by these pests. 



The varieties showing the greatest value were : Mountain Rose, 

 St. John, Early Crawford, Old Mixon, Late Crawford, Champion 

 and Elberta, and to this list may be added the Crosby and Dennis 

 for home use. 



At the present time (Mar. 1st) the fruit buds are found to be 

 considerably injured, ranging from 90% upward in the Elberta and 

 Early Crawford, to only 10 to 20% in the Crosby, Dennis, etc. 

 Counting in all varieties, probably more than three-fourths of the 

 fruit buds are destroyed. 



Orchard No. 2, consisting of about 250 trees, was planted in 1898 

 between young apple trees that are set 40 ft. apart. The trees made 

 an unusual growth and set a moderate crop of fruit, all but about a 

 dozen specimens of which were removed while small. The land was 

 thoroughly cultivated in 1899 with a ciop of corn, but with no crop 

 during the past season. The fertilizers used were : In 1899, l lb. fine 

 fibh, i-lb. nitrate soda and 1 lb. sulfate potash per tree. In 1900, 7 

 lbs. Canada ashes, | lb. nitrate soda per tree. In August, the land 

 was sown with barley and Canada peas as a cover crop to prevent 

 the land from washing during the fall and winter and to supply 

 organic matter for the su[)portof the trees. At the present time 

 three- fourths of the buds are winter killed, but enough are uninjured 

 to produce a large crop of fruit if nothing further happens to them. 



The Plum. As was generally the case in all parts of the State, 

 the plum crop was the largest and best in the history of the orchard, 

 especially the varieties of European plums. The orchards con- 

 tain a large number of varieties with only one or two trees 



