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FRUIT REPORT FROM WINONA COUNTY. 



Mountain Home, j 

 Stockton, Winona County, Minn. J 



As I cannot be with you at the Winter meeting, I will try and 

 send a few items of what I am doing in the way of "trying." as this 

 seems to be our mission here, whether we are raising fruits and 

 flowers or delving in the mines. 



I cannot boast of many acres in fruit yet, but I have fruited 

 enough this year to encourage me to still further efforts. My loca- 

 tion is on the highlands, 1^ miles northwest of Stockton Village, 

 overlooking the valleys and dales for miles away, including our fair 

 sister Wisconsin's friendly shores. My land slopes to the north, 

 northeast, east and southeast, lying in a cresent shape. 1 am not 

 troubled with late frosts in spring or early Irosts in fall. Soil is 

 rather heavy clay loam once covered with white and black oak tim- 

 ber. I consider all such locations better than valley or prairie. 

 Apples raised here keep several weeks longer without rotting than 

 those raised in valleys below. I have fruited this last year the 

 Orange, Minnesota, Hislop, Transcendent. Yellow, Burns, Fisher's 

 Favorite, three seedling crabs. Duchess, Tetofsky, Price's Sweet, 

 Fameuse, Haas, Plumb's Cider, Wealthy and several other kinds. 

 The names I am not certain of, as my records were burnt last winter 

 when my dwelling burnt. Also red, white and black currants, 

 Philadelphia, and a seedling black cap raspberry of promise, Snyder 

 blackberry and some thirteen kinds of strawberries. I think the 

 most of the Capt. Jack for profit. Also Concord and Janes- 

 ville grapes and some seedlings of Janesville, and seedling 

 cherry and apple. 1 have several seedling apple trees that 

 will blossom in coming spring, 1 think. The trees are pic- 

 tures of health and I hope may be good fruit. The one that 

 fruited was shown at the last State fair, and is keeping good, but 

 some specimens are water-cored. The flavor is good, and similar to 

 that of the pear. 



Of other seedling treos near me, I would mention those of Mr. 

 D. Q. Burley of Minnesota City, Minn., as having borne some ex- 

 cellent sorts, and some, I think, Avill prove good. Mr. Burley, 

 while serving his country in the seventh Minnesota Regiment, 

 brought home some apple seeds from Alabama and planted them. 

 They fruited for the first time this last suaimer and were good for 

 first year's fruit, as I find that a seedling improves in size and 

 quality up to the third year of fruiting. Apples were a fair crop 

 in all the old orchards, 



Mr. Whetstone, of Minnesota City, had some 600 bushels, (this 

 was formerly the Mrs. Campbell orchard). My Flemish Beauty 



