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MINNESOTA STATE ITORTICLLTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fruit growers are slowly realizing t'he necessity of spraying, but 

 seem unable as yet to decide as to the respective merits of the dust 

 or liquid methods. 



The owners of commercial apple orchards in this district can 

 see as never before the necessity for cold storage facilities in profit- 

 ably marketing a crop. Good apples were shipped west by the 

 carload fromi some points in this district this season, bringing the 

 growers only fifty cents per bushel at picking time. The co- 

 operative plan of erectiiig and operating cold storage buildings 

 might be a success at points where these buildings cannot be had 

 otherwise. 



I close with a quotation from "General Remarks" in one of the 

 circulars : "Taken altogether we should pronounce the season of 

 1905 a success, though not remarkable." 



VICE-PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL REPORT, SECOND 

 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 



FRED MOHL, ADRIAN. 



All fruit trees came through the winter in fine, healthy condition, 

 and the fruit crop this yeai of nearly all kinds throughout the 



A Ciithbert raspberry field, at R. E. Hyiifon's, Mankato. 



district has been abundant. The apple crop especially was large 

 and of good quality. Cherries, plums, currant's, raspberries, straw- 

 berries and grapes also bore a very satisfactory crop. Gooseberries 

 had an ofif year and bore only a light crop. 



The Wealthy twig-blighted some. Hyslop crab also blighted in 

 the trunk and branches. Other varieties were not affected. This 

 blight was brought about on account of excessive wet weather dur- 

 ing the past two years, causing humidity of climate, or moisture- 

 laden atmosphere, which is favorable to mildew, rust, rot, smut. 



