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“ The Autumn Bergamot I have fruited for two years with good suc¬ 
cess, and can recommend it as worthy of general cultivation. It is hardy, 
grows rapidly and is very prolific. The fruit ripens with me about the 
first of September. I have several other varieties, many of which will 
probably fruit during the coming year. From my experience thus far, I 
am satisfied that Wisconsin is one of the best States in the Union for 
successful fruit growing, and, with proper attention, we may soon equal 
in abundance of choice fruit our brethern of the older States. 
James B. Judd.” 
PEACHES. 
JBest exhibition of peaches ; J. C. Howard, Milwaukee. $3. 
VARIETIES EXHIBITED. 
Orange. Yellow Malacatoon. Teton de Venus. 
“ I can say nothing from personal experience of root grafting, as 
•tongue or whip and cleft grafting are the only methods that I have prac¬ 
tised. I have cultivated my fruit more by budding than grafting, and 
prefer it for several reasons. It is much quicker and easier, and buds 
are more likely to grow, and there is not the trouble of preserving grafts, 
which I consider more of an art than grafting itself; and should the bud 
fail, the stock is less injured. There is nothing new or peculiar in my 
practice, and I only give it because it has been successful, and may be of 
more benefit than learned theorizing. 
“ I transplant my trees to good, deep and well plowed land. I prefer 
High and dry soil for all kinds of trees, especially for pears, peaches 
and cherries, also a Northern descent. The poorest land we have seems 
well adapted to the growth of fruit trees. The space between apple and 
.pear trees should be about two rods. Lately I have followed the plan of 
setting them forty feet apart, and planting plums and peaches between 
them. In transplanting I dig the holes large and deep enough to give 
plenty of room for the roots to grow a year or two both perpendicularly 
and laterally, and throw the top soil out by itself where I can get it when 
wanted. I place the tree a little deeper in the ground than it stood in 
•the nursery, so that when the earth has settled around it, it will stand as 
it did before transplanting. If the roots are dry from being long out of 
