286 



Almost all the losses occured with bushes set out in 1S89 from the diy weather 

 which prevailed that season. 



RASPBERRIES. 



These were uncovered on the 28th April. Golden Queen, Cuthbert and Caroline 

 were all killed down to ground. The Turners and Philadelphias were in fair order, 

 but the canes were very weak. All the.se varieties made good growth duiing the 

 past summer and the canes are a good size and well ripened. Turner and Philadel- 

 phia had a great deal of bioom, but the hail of 12th June hurt them badly. There 

 was, howevei", considei-able fruit of good size and well formed gathered from these 

 two kinds. The following varieties planted in 1889 were entirely killed by the dry 

 summer or cold winter: Hilborn, Doolittle, Parnell, Clarke, Marlboro', Houhegan, 

 Gregg, Ohio, Taylor and Snyder; while out of 139 Mammoth Clustei-, Rancoccas, 

 Reeder, Brandywine, Hoi net and Hebner's Cluster, only 46 plants are living, and 

 these made little or no growth during the past summer. Except a few hydrids, no 

 raspberries were set out the past spiing and the hail of 12th June killed them all. 

 In 1888 a good many native raspberry bushes were obtained and this year they 

 bore a fair quantity of fruit. Like the cultivated varieties they suffered from hail. 



aOOSEBERRIES. 



No new varieties have been planted or additions made to this fruit since 1889. 

 Smith's Improved, Houghton Seedling and Downing were then planted. Smith's 

 Improved and Houghton showed a good deal of bloom this spring but nearly all was 

 knocked oft' by hail. A few beri-ies ripened of the Smith's Improved and a con- 

 eitlerable quantity of the Houghton. The Downing was mostly winter killed but 

 all started again from the roots. The Houghton has stood the two winters best of 

 any of the varieties set out. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



All the vines came through the winter and spring safel}^, but bore little or no 

 fruit afterwards. 



The hail was partially the cause of this and dry weather last summer, which 

 prevented the runners from growing, was no doubt also partly to blame. This winter 

 a good number of health}- young plants are covered up, and it is hoped better success 

 will be had next season. 



GRAPES. 



Seventeen varieties of grapes were planted last spring. These consisted of 

 Champion, Niagara,Moo:'e's Early, Roger's, Wood rufl* Red, Hartford Prolific, Agawam, 

 Worden, Telegraph, Brighton, Clinton, Elvira, Concord, Jessica, Early Victoi, Dela- 

 ware and one not named. They were planted 18 inches deep, and as the vines grew, 

 soil was tilled in until level with surface. When winter set in all were well mulched 

 with earth and coarse manure. 



FOREST TREES. 



Thirty-eight thousand three hundred and seventeen forest trees were planted in 

 May last. These consisted of4vaj-ieties of pine, 4 of spruce, 3 of maple, 4 of ash, 3 of 

 elm, 2 of chestnut, 2 mountain ash, and 1 variety each of cedar, birch, Juniper, bass- 

 wood, birch, hickory, oak, butternut, walnut, Russian mulberiy, honey locust, coffee 

 tree, cottonwood, Russian olive, and red cedar. The pines, with the exception of Scotch, 

 suffered greatly from hot winds in June and July, and as table will show a large prop >r- 

 tion died. The spruce and larch suftei ed much loss, but not to the same extent as the 

 pine. The maple, elm, ash and Russian olive nearl}' all grew. Honey locust, butternut 

 and walnut were nipped by the fii-st frost and by 20th December every tree seemed 

 dead. It will be seen that very few trees, planted in 1889, came through last winter; 

 those that did so, excepting ash-leaved maple and Manitoba elm made little or no 

 growth the past year. White and Norway spruce never moved; in fact this fall they 



