
          156

and Hill's Chili.  Two of these Early Crawfords the present
season [1887?] yielded twelve bushels of fruit.  This orchard
is on very high ground with a west and north-west exposure.
Since coming in to bearing it has produced fruit
every season."  Ibid. p. 293.

"The next peach orchard was that of John McIntyre, fifty
trees of which were planted in 1876, and the remainder more
recently. Ibid. p. 293.

The third orchard is now (1887) three of four years old.
(C. Aljo''s).

The fourth of 1,700 trees belongs to Theodore Sessions
and the greater part <s>most</s> four years old.

"There are now [1886? or '87] about 8,000 peach trees in
orchard, planted within the last five years." x x x There
is as yet no yellows in this town [Wayland], although cases
are known to exist in the adjoining town of Hopkins."  Ibid.
p. 294.  The authority is apparently C. E. Davison, Secy.
Wayland Horticultural Society. P. O. Wayland.
        