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years had been about 100 barrels annually. Since 1903 the 

 annual yield has been as follows : 



Year Yield Year Yield Year Yield 



1903 287 barrels 1906 323 barrels 1909 353 barrels 



1904 460 barrels 1907 340 barrels 1910 235 barrels 



1905 206 barrels 1908 335 barrels 191 1 494 barrels 



This gives a nine-year average of 337 barrels, and the annual receipts 

 have averaged $758.36. In 1907 the fruit on the 40 Hubbardston 

 trees, a single acre, was sold from the orchard for $800.00, and in 

 191 1 the yield from the same trees exceeded 1000 bushels. 



Orchard No. 2 contains 200 trees, about fifty years old, of the 

 following varieties : 60 Baldwin, 60 Roxbury, 30 Rhode Island 

 Greening, 10 Tompkins King, ioTolman, 5 Northern Spy, 15 fall 

 varieties, and 10 assorted winter varieties. This orchard also came 

 under Dr. Lattin's care in the spring of 1903, and had previously 

 received fairly good care. The orchard was recognized locally as 

 only a fair one ; the soil varied from a light sand to a clay loam ; 

 at least 25 per cent of the original planting had been killed from 

 lack of proper drainage. For several years previous the returns 

 from this orchard had averaged about $300.00 per annum ; that 

 is, when fruit was cheap the crop was such that the gross returns 

 were about that amount, and when fruit was high the returns were 

 about the same. The fruit of this orchard harvested or marketed 

 since coming into Dr. Lattin's possession has been as follows : 



Year Yield Year Yield Year Yield 



1903 451 barrels 1906 468 barrels T 9 9 55- barrels 



1904 495 barrels 190 7 493 barrels 191 o 360 barrels 



1905 477 barrels 1908 500 barrels 191 1 711 barrels 



Nine-year average, 488 barrels, and the annual gross receipts have 

 averaged $1102.93. 



Orchard No. 3 contains 1 30 trees, perhaps sixty or more years 

 old, of the following varieties : 25 Rhode Island Greening, 35 Bald- 

 win, 35 Roxbury, 6 Northern Spy, 15 fall varieties, and 14 assorted 

 winter varieties. The soil is sandy loam, the drainage good. In 

 order to purchase this orchard, Dr. Lattin was forced to lease for a 

 term of five years the farm on which this orchard was located. The 

 prospect of ever reclaiming or renovating it so as to be profitable 



