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sprinkled with grayish brown dots, the latter becoming dull red 
on the side toward the sun; form globular obtuse pyriform, stalk 
one to one and a fourth inches long, generally set a little one- 
sided in a very small cavity; calyx open, in a very narrow and 
shallow regular basin; flesh greenish white, becoming white at the 
center, coarse in the part bordering the carpels, very juicy, sweet, 
rich and pleasant; ripe about October 20. 
The Plum. 
The plum trees that blossomed were treated to the jarrirg pro- 
cess nearly every morning for two weeks after the petals com- 
menced to fall, but for some reason the plums mostly fell off 
before maturity. As the trees were quite small, a sufficient num- 
ber of the curculios probably escaped destruction to puncture the 
majority of the few fruits set. | 
The Cherry. 
Our record does injustice to the cherry trees, as many of these 
would have ripened fruits but for the fact that the cherries were 
taken before maturity by birds. The trees stand below the apple 
orchard and near the brook, where they are quite out of view 
from the office and very convenient to the birds. Being quite 
small as yet, the birds were able to appropriate the crop before 
the cherries were fully ripe. 
The Grape. 
The vines of the varieties here reported on have been set at 
various times from the spring of 1883 to that of 1887, and, as will 
appear by comparison with our last report,* several of the varie- 
ties bore the past season for the first time. The following notes 
were taken as to date of maturity, yield, growth, ete. : | 



*See report New York Agricultural Experiment Station, 1887, page 341. 

