40 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



REPORT FROM DISTRICT NO. 12. 



COMPRISING ADAMS, KEARNEY^, PHELPS^ HARLAN_, FRANKLIN, 



AND WEBSTER COUNTIES. 



In response to your request of June 7 in relntion to fruit 

 prospect in District 12 Avill say that I have been over but a 

 small part of the entire district. The January freeze in- 

 jured peaches very largely. Apples, cherries, and plums 

 early in April promised an abundant crop but were cut short 

 somewhat by the freezing weather about May 1. Fruit bloom, 

 however, was late in coming out and injury not so great as 

 otherwise ^^'ould have been. The apple crop in Kearney and 

 Adams counties and along the Platte Valley, I should esti- 

 nmte at a full crap for territory mentioned, while the same 

 may not be what might be caih^d a full crop for the eastern 

 part of the state. Cherries and plums 50 per cent of a full 

 crop. The Watson's Ranch, west of Kearnc}^, reported to me 

 50 per cent of a crop of cherries and about one-third of a 

 crop of peaches. Many smaller growers in other parts of the 

 district report about the same. Currants, gooseberries, 

 grapes and fruits not far enough advanced to be injured by 

 the May freeze, in most places a fair crop. 



I find that most planters at all interested are b(\ginning 

 to realize that one of the greatest causes of failure ia growing 

 trees successfully^ and raising fruit lies largely within them- 

 selves, and see a greater need of better care and culture see 

 that time in that direction is well spent. 



D. C. Bliss^ 



District Director. 



REPORT FROM DISTRICT XO. IT. 



comprising cherry COUNTY. 



The spring was very backward, holding bloom back until 

 the frosts wer(^ entirely over, and fine rains started things 

 nicelv. Then our country was visited here and there with 



