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544 WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
necessary condition of the soil, we have much to learn from ob¬ 
servation. In reference to the kind of trees adapted to our 
soil and climate, we must trust much to our oldest Wiscon¬ 
sin Fruit-Growers , who have had the real experience and tes¬ 
ted trees in reference to their hardiness. 
I have full faith, in fair success, in raising most kinds of fruit 
in Wisconsin, when we better understand the condition of our 
soils and the climate. If I were to set an orchard again, I 
think I would prefer to set seedling trees; and if it should be¬ 
come necessary to graft, do so by grafting in the top, instead 
of the root. From what I have seen of trees coming from the 
seed, and proving to be good and true bearers, I think I should 
prefer planting the seed where I would wish my orchard to 
stand—the trimming to be done as necessity should direct. 
Last spring, in examining my apple trees, I found that they 
were infested with the bark-louse, and pretty thickly stuck on. 
I concluded to try an experiment with lye; consequently I got 
the lye ready, and took a coarse broom and went to work scrub¬ 
bing my trees. After having been washed about a week, I 
discovered that they slipped off very easily; whether this is a 
real antidote is yet to be further tested. 
Yours truly, 
0. P. Dow. 
THE CULTURE OF THE GRAPE. 
BY SMILEY SHEPHERD, OF HENNEPIN, ILL. 
The severity of the two winters preceding the last, has had 
rather a disheartening effect upon fruit cultivators ; more so, 
probably, in our State than yours. Intensity of degree in cold, 
apart from other considerations, is found not to be so fatal in 
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