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Show f A Fruit Farm Report. The Indiana Farmer says: "The " state fruit farm near Mitchell. Law a rence county, proves a profitable " property this season. It escaped the cold wave that spread over our cen- I' tral counties In May. killing all the bloom, and set and bore a heavy crop. Tbe treee are well taken care of. s pruned and fertillied and were thor- g ugbly eprsved The season being 'avorable a fine crop of flrst-clss fruit a raa gathered. The principal varieties n were Grimes. Jonathan. Wine Sap and Ben Davis About ff.ooo worth or an- b pies were sent to market; cf these w n.200 worth were gathered from 102 xees of OH roes, an average of 31 3 a: lushe's per tree. Ninety per cent of .be applee were perfect. The orchard ft a 23 years old." k |