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I think it will prove a valuable fruit for this section. Its fruit is not 

 as rich as Brinckle's Orange, hut is good and in size surpasses Do- 

 little. Ohio. Nemaha and Cuthbert, In flavor and color it stands 

 intermediate between the blacks and the reds. Fruit of all kinds pro- 

 duced a light crop this year, but the fruit crop was better than most 

 other crops, as it seems to withstand dry weather better. 



The cranberry crop in this section was almost entirely destro3'ed 

 by early frosts. I should have said that over a hundred young Shaf- 

 fer rasi)berry plants raised from the four which I bought in the spring 

 of 1885 all wintered beside their parents without loss, and without 

 winter protection. I have just read President Pope's address of last 

 winter, and would like to ask whether the apples which were sold 

 for five dollars per barrel were those of our common varieties, or some 

 rare, fancy apple sold for ornament rather than use ; and how many 

 such apples could be sold at such a price? 



With regard to the discussion on short-jointed trees, I would say 

 that about twenty years ago I bought scions labeled Drap d' Or 

 which had buds closer than usual, and none of the scions lived long 

 enough to produce any fruit ; and I now have a variety' (Early Col- 

 ton) which have the buds nearer than anj' other variety which I have 

 seen. It has not fruited with me yet, and is not perfectl}' hardy. 



In regard to some of the varieties of apples in the last publication 

 of the Society's list, marked ( ?) for the Central Division, and the va- 

 rieties of which my experience has led me to regard them differently 

 from the description given, I would say : 



Fall Jenneting has not yet fruited with me. Moses L. Damon of 

 South Charlotte speaks highly of it, but says it is only a biennial 

 bearer. 



FoundU:>g. My experience is very limited, but I think it is hardy 

 when grafted in limbs, but not always so when grafted on young 

 stocks. 



Gravenstein. The scions whicli I obtained under this name were 

 grafted in young trees, and all winter-killed or became black hearted 

 and dieU without producing a single specimen of fruit. 



King of Tompldiis CounJ/y. About twenty years ago I set eleven 

 trees of this variety, produced by splice-grafting young seedlings 

 with scions obtained of Calvin Goddard of Portland The trees 

 made a rapid growth, and every fall promised an abundant crop of 

 apples for next season ; but the buds always winter-killed, and the 

 wood was more or less discolored. I succeeded in getting perhaps 



