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tive for many years. They were originally dwarfs, 
but [am quite confident they are now standards. 
This is true of the majority of the Duchesse d’An- 
gouléme trees in the orchard. 
The following statement gives the amount of 
each year’s sales: 
The 1st crop, the trees eight years old, $120.00 
T4 od 66 ea a4 1389.41 
14 8d 24 <4 a4 156.17 
“ 4th “ “ “ 202,28 
“ b5th “ “ ““ 267.49 
“« 6th *% “6 “ 310.20 
“ Tth “ “e < 705.00 
Total......... $1,900.55 
This row, two years ago, produced ninety-four 
bushels of marketable fruit, which sold for $705. 
There was a scarcity of peaches in market, and pears 
in consequence brought higher prices than usual. 
I will state in this connection, that this row is 
the oldest in our orchard, no other of an equal num- 
ber of trees has yielded so abundantly. 
We have single trees that will yield more. In 
1865, we sold from four trees, grafted only nine 
years, $100 worth of fruit. Since then we have 
gathered from one of these four trees, nineteen 
