146 HI.STORY OF HORTICULTURE IN MINNESOTA. 



Red Oak, hardy apple, very hardy, valuable for cider, sharp tart. I am propagating all of 

 my seeding^ and have a few thousand for sale, as well as other varieties. 1 think they will 

 compare well with many of our standard apples, and perhaps much more hardy. Age of my 

 seedlings, 14 years; have been bearing three years, some of them. 



Bought of P. M. Gideon, In lSti5, 100 trees. Set out in new ground, on eastern slope, sowed 

 down in timothy, according to Mr. C4ideon's advice, which proved a sad mistake for the 

 beneiit of the trees. Many of them were destroyed by mice and some winter killed. The 

 varieties were the Saxton, Blue Pearmain, Tallman Sweet, Winter Wine Sap, Duchess of 

 Oldenburg, Limber Twig, Early Red, Rawles' .Jennette, Fameuse, Fall Sweet, Hubble, Fall 

 Orange. Forville, Golden Russet, Red Bellflower, Red Astrachan, Seek-no-further, King of 

 Tompkins County, St. Lawrence, Culvert, Red Gillyflower. 



Have fruited Duchess of Oldenburg, Tallman Sweet, Red Bellflower, and crabs. Others 

 will bear soon; probably one-third dead. Plowed up the ground some three years since, and 

 am now cultivating the same. Have never mulched any; think cultivating is much better. 



The varieties that seem most hardy— Red Astrachan, Fall Orange, Limber Twig, very hardy ; 

 Early Red, good: Blue Pearmain, very hardy; Fameuse, good; Red Bellflower, good; Tall- 

 ■ man Sweet, very hardy; Winter Wine Sap, good. My experience in pruning is quite limited. 

 No protection. Cultivate potatoes and beans in my orchard, and endeavor to head low. 



Plums.— Have some native varieties of large red and late yellow; very valuable. 



I respectfully submit the above report to the public. Truly yours, 



Henky Stubbs. 



Mr. C. B. Sheldon, of Excelsior, luid cultivated grapes iu Minnesota sixteen 

 years. He has had Catawba, Isabella, lona, Rogers' No. 15, Delaware and 

 Concord for fourteen years past. Had succeeded in ripening the latest of 

 tjiese— the Catawba and Isabella— with the exception of two seasons. 



Mr. J. T. Grimes, of Hennepin, was called upon for a verbal report, and 

 although not prepared, he would make a simple statement of facts. He had 

 fruited the Duchess, Red Astrachan, Ben Davis, Tallman Sweet, Haas, Fam- 

 euse, Saxton, Tetofsky, Pomme Gris, King of Tompkin's County, Forier, and 

 Early June also. As to bearing qualities, he could not speak positively, ex- 

 cept as to three or four varieties. Tetofsky, Duchess and Fameuse are good 

 bearers. If he had but one he would select the Fameuse. The Red Astra- 

 chan was a shy bearer with him : in four years he had but one good crop from 

 it. He had grown the cra])s. The Transcendent and Hyslop were good 

 Ijcarcrs, and ovei 100 bushels had brought one dollar per bushel. As to pears 

 he had fruited none. Of grapes, the Clinton, Concord, Delaware, Oporto, 

 the White Clinton and Mottit's seedling. In regard to grapes, he believed, 

 tirst, from general planting, in the Concord as a good grower and abundant 

 bearer, more so as to the age of the vines than any other. For a table grape, 

 the Delaware. With reasonable protection they are hardy enough for our cli- 

 mate. The Delaware when laid down, did well. The birds took the Delaware 

 in preference to any other larger. The birds first took the worms, then the 

 fruit, and regarding them as friends, they did not even scare them luvay. Of 

 plums he had only done w^ell with the wild plum. He had fruited the Miner, 

 but it did not suit the climate, being too late, and he did not consider it much 

 better than the wild plum. 



Of cherries, the Early Richmond, the Carnation, and the Morello ; l)ut had 

 not found them protitable. Excepting in one season, he had not succeeded 

 enough to pay for the ground occupied. The frost seemed to kill the buds. 

 Those under the snow, on the limbs, fruited, and those exposed did not. 

 The trees— of those killed— seemed gradually to die. 



