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painted at once and it will dry the sap out of the tree. I have not been 

 able to trim grapevines in the fall without having them die unless I lay 

 them right down and covei them with dirt, especially during a dry spell 

 of weather. 



Mr. Crawford: Four hundred miles west of here young trees are very 

 apt to dry out if we have a dry winter. The altitude and the winds dry 

 them out unless they are protected in some way. Four years ago we had a 

 winter that the last rain was in September and perhaps three inches of 

 snow sometime early in December, and that is all the moisture we had 

 early in May, and the young trees had a hard time. 



REPORTS OF EXPERIMENT STATIONS. 



CHAMBERS EXPERIMENT STATION. 

 J. L. COPPOC, CHAMBERS. 



Mr. President, and Gentlemen of the Nebraska State Horticultural So- 

 ciety: I beg leave to submit my report as director of the Chambers Ex- 

 periment Station for the year 1906. The weather conditions during the 

 summer and fall of 1905 were favorable for the development of fruit buds, 

 and while there were late frosts so that most of the kinds of apples were 

 not in full bloom until the 14th of May, yet there was a large crop of all 

 the kinds of fruit that do well in this part of the state. There were 

 eighty-six plates of apples on exhibition at our local fair. About forty 

 varieties of very fine fruit, besides pears, peaches and plums. 



COMPARISON OF VARIETIES. 



Apples. — The Roman Stem has proven the most prolific of all the kinds 

 of apples we have in bearing at this station in 1906, with the Whit- 

 ney Crab and the Maiden's Blush closely following. The Ben Davis was 

 a little shy in bearing this year. 



Plums. — The Wolf plum still stands at the head of all the kinds we 

 have tested at this station, all things considered. One tree eight years 

 from the nursery yielded four bushels of veiy excellent fruit. 



Cherries. — The Eary Richmond and Montmorency are almost equally 

 desirable on this sandy land. All the varieties (eight), of sour cherries 

 except the Terry are doing quite well. We have two kinds of sweet 

 cherries but they are unworthy a place in the orchard. 



Small fruit of all kinds that we have tried, with one or two exceptions, 

 is paying well for the space it occupies and the care we give it. 



Shade and Ornamental Trees and Shrubs. — Of the deciduous trees we 

 are testing, the Russian Olive gives the best satisfaction. The Thurlow 

 Willow is the most rapid growing tree we have, but it does not do to 

 force the growth too much, as, if we do, it winter-kills. 



Evergreens. — We find that the Scotch pine is best adapted to the level 

 and rather moist soil, while the Austrian and Bull pine are best suited to 

 the high and dry land. Of the spruces we only have the Colorado Blue 

 and the Black Hills. They are both doing well and are beautiful trees. 



