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ers, Troth's Early Bed, Early York, Crawford's Early, Hale's Early, 

 Coolege's Favorite, Foster, Colliding, Musser, Stump the World, 

 Mt. Rose, Mary's Choice, Lord Palmerston, Druid Hill, Smock, Bil- 

 yeu's Late, Sal way, Heath Cling, Old Mixon Cling, Lemon Cling, 

 Old Mixon Free, Ward's Late, Wager, Richmond, Jacque's Rare- 

 ripe, Crawford's Late, Steadly, Gross Mignonne, Downing, Chinese 

 Cling, Hill's Chili. 



Now, if I had planted the 15,000 with Alexander, Early Rivers, 

 Hill's Chili, Coolege's Favorite, and two varieties of seedlings we are 

 now propagating, I feel sure we would have had from $12,000 to 

 $15,000, this year, instead of nearly $2,500, and the same varieties 

 that bore best this year bore best two years ago. 



I will plant a few of some of the other varieties in the list. I ex- 

 pect to plant from 4,000 to 5,000 the coming spring, but will plant 

 mainly of the few varieties that have born best. 



The Alexander is a hard peach to handle and get to market in good 

 condition. One side will be soft while the other is hard and hardly 

 ripe enough to be good, and yet I will plant some of them on account 

 of its season. We began picking Alexander and Wilder July 5th, 

 and had peaches from then to October 20 th. Bilyeu's Late was picked 

 and shipped then, and sold for $1 per box in Lincoln. 



I wish to correct a mistake made in a letter written to this society at 

 Fremont last July. I spoke of the Mountain Rose as one of my best 

 bearers, but the variety I had for Mountain Rose is Coolege's Favorite. 



My first planting is entirely too close, ten by fifteen feet. I will 

 now plant sixteen each way. 



DISCUSSION. 



Carpenter — Notwithstanding the fact that many people say we 

 cannot raise peaches it seems that the pioneer peach grower of this 

 state (Russell) has grown them in paying quantities and will continue 

 to plant on a large scale. 



Hogg — We have peaches in Buffalo county where the plum fails. 

 I have not lost a tree there. We plant the peach tree and let the 

 land go back to sod. This seems to make them hardy. 



