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Mr. Brown : I just want to add a word to what Mr. Harri- 

 son has said about perennials. In the last two or three years 

 I have been experimenting to a certain extent with perennials, 

 principally for my own i)leasure; and I find that there are 

 many things that Ave can grow successfully in Nebraska that 

 we don't usually think of. I have growing at my place now 

 two deciduous cypress trees, and I guess that is 100 miles or 

 more north of its ha.bitat. We can make things cover a much 

 wider field than we ever dreamed of. 



Mr. Harrison : I have noticed that many things that are 

 perfectl}^ hardy in Minnesota are not hardy here. These 

 same things some of them planted here will kill right down 

 to the ground the first winter. A great many things will 

 stand a much colder climate up in Minnesota than here; 

 this is due to the drying climate that we have here in the 

 winter. Perennials, though, will gTow almost anywhere. 



KEPOKT FKOM DISTEICT NO. 10. 



COMPRISING HOWARD^ GREELEY^ WHEELER^ GARFIELD, VALLEY. 

 SHERMAN, CUSTER, LOUP AND BLAINE COUNTIES. 



The cherry crop in this immediate vicinity is good and 

 apples are up to the average condition. Prospects good for 

 crop wild plums, as the caterpillars were not as bad as usual. 

 They usually destroy the wild plums in the canyons. 



Our apple trees bloomed exceptionally well and some varie- 

 ties are bearing better than usual. Duchess especially, while 

 the Winesap have scarcely any fruit. Janet a medium crop, 

 Ben Davis, light, currants exceptionally well set with fruit, 

 currants and Early Kichmond cherries being just ripe at 

 present. 



J. D. Ream, 



District Director. 



