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tremely fair, and no variety that I have tried seems ill adapted to this 
country. I have seen no orchards in the State old enough to enable me 
to form an opinion as to the productiveness of the different varieties. 
Peach trees of all kinds grow well here, but seldom bear a full crop. X 
believe, however, that there has been no year since my trees were old 
enough to bear in which I have had no peaches. 
“ I have been particular in describing my manner of transplanting, for 
the reason that much of the success attending the raising of an orchard 
depends on the manner of setting, as well as in the quality of the nur¬ 
sery trees which should be thrifty with large roots and tapering stems. 
J. C. Howard.” 
Second best exhibition of peaches ; M. L. Burdick, Milwaukee. $2. 
PLUMS. 
Best and greatest variety of good plums ; George P. Pfeffer, Pewaukee. 
83. 
“ The plums exhibited by me were grown upon scions of two years 
growth, grafted or budded into native or wild plum stocks. At the time 
of grafting, the stocks were from one and one half inches to two inches 
in diameter, and the scions were set about five feet above the surface of 
the ground. The trees have now fine handsome heads, and this year 
■were literally covered with fruit. I had about thirty plum trees which 
fruited this year; of these, two were five years from the graft and have 
fruited three years ; ten are four years old, and have fruited two years ; 
seven are three years old, and have fruited one year ; and eleven are two 
years old, and came into bearing this year. All of these trees were 
grafted or budded above the ground as already mentioned. The entire 
crop this year was not far from thirty bushels, of which I sold eighteen 
bushels at an average price of three dollars and fifty cents per bushel* 
making sixty-three dollars—aside from the value of the remainder which 
were dried, preserved, &c. I had eighteen varieties in fruit this year ripen¬ 
ing as follows : latter part of July, Jaune Hative, Prune Racine ; August , 
Imperial Gage, Green Gage, Horse Plum, Lombard, Bleecker’s Gage, 
Yellow Gage, Washington, Red Egg; September , Fotheringham, White 
Perdrigon, Red Perdrigon, Blue Perdrigon, Yellow Egg, Autumn Gage* 
