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them in good condition and if you had only planted these 

 varieties your orchard would have an altogether different 

 appearance at this time. The fact that you carried as 

 many trees as you did through the 11 years considering the 

 relatively short life of the peach and the extremely 

 adverse conditions which occurred during the period indi- 

 cates that if the weather conditions had been approximately 

 normal you would have carried your orchard through with 

 surprisingly good results. 



Very truly yours, 



S. H. HASTINGS. 



