FRUIT-GROWERS’ REPORT. 
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the time of setting will have more nearly an upright position 
when grown than those set perpendicular at first, and the inju¬ 
rious effects of the sun upon the trees will be much less. 
FRUIT-GROWING IN SAUK COUNTY, WITH LIST. 
BY M. C. WAITE, BARABOO. 
0. S. Willey, Dear Sir :—It is eleven years since I made 
the first attempt to grow apples. For the first few years it 
proved a failure, by attempting to grow such varieties as were 
favorites with me when residing near Rochester, N. Y. Hav¬ 
ing gained wisdom by experience, I have fallen back upon 
such varieties as appear to thrive and do well in our soil and 
climate, and have succeeded beyond my expectations. I give 
you the names of twenty-one varieties which have succeeded 
well thus far: 
American Summer Pearman, Red Astrachan, Sweet June, 
Benoni, Early Joe, Sops of Wine, Keswick Codlen, Autumn 
Strawberry, Fameuse, Dutchess of Oldenburgh, Genesee Chief, 
Drap d’Or, Munson’s Sweet, Lowell, Spanish Riennette, Yel¬ 
low Bellflower, Golden Russet, Bailey Sweet, Talman’s Sweet, 
Tompkin’s King, Lady Apple, and six varieties of Crab Apples. 
My grounds are thoroughly cultivated, deeply spaded and 
well manured, trees planted and the ground kept clean from 
weeds and grass. Once a year my trees are well mulched with 
leached ashes, lime and manure, well mixed, spread around the 
trees at the distance of four feet; not piled up in the shape of 
a cone around the body, as many are in the habit of doing in 
early spring. I give the bodies of all my trees a thorough 
washing with soap-suds, then white-wash, with a wash made 
with lime and salt, no glue or sizing being used; this 
helps to kill the insects and their eggs, not destroyed by the 
suds, and in my opinion smooths the bark, &c. My soil is 
quite sandy, with a clay sub-soil at the depth of two feet. 
Cherries have not succeeded. Plums do well; much the best 
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