Joint Convention. 191 



APPLE TKEE BLOSSOMS — BLIGHT. 

 Geo. Pepper, Pewaukee. 



At the last meeting of the Minnesota State norticultural 

 Society, the following questions "were presented with the request 

 that I should answer them, and, as the points then brought out 

 may be of interest and also beneficial to us, and they may serve 

 to throw some new light on the vexed question of blight, I have 

 concluded to present my observations and the conclusions drawn 

 from them to you. 



The questions all relate to apple tree blossoms, as follows: 



1st. The date of their opening? 



2d. What varieties bloom simultaneously? 



3d. What varieties have perfect, and what imperfect flowers? 



4th. What varieties should be planted together for mutual 

 perfection of fertility? 



5th. AVliat varieties have the greatest power to endure spring 

 frosts and cold winds? 



The season opened three weeks later than usual on account of 

 the large body of snow on the ground, but the observations made, 

 though not as complete as I would like, will show the relative 

 time of opening and the points bearing upon the questions 

 proposed. 



The first blossoms appeared on the 4th of June, on the Tal- 

 man Sweet, Lyman's Vellow, Transcendent, Whitney's No. 20, 

 and the Bellflower crab. 



On June 5th, Lyman's Early Red, Haas, Early Strawberry. 

 These trees stood on a gravel knoll. 



June 6th, a Duchess of Oldenburg standing on the knoll 

 opened its first blossoms, also Plumb's Cider, Golden Tlusset, 

 Tetofsky, Fall Stripe, St. Lawrence and Allen Russet. 



On June 7th, the Hyslop and nearly all the other varieties of 

 crabs were open, also Limber Twig, Fall Orange, Sour Bough, 

 Summer Queen, Wine Sap, Summer Pennock and AVestern 

 Beauty. 



June 8th the Duchess on the level ground showed their first 

 blossoms, also the Red Astrachan, Pewaukee, Golden ]S"o. 4, also 



