VICE-PRESIDBNT S REPORT, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DIST. 5 I 



scabs and blights. As a rule orchards in this district in ordinary 

 seasons are not subjected to these microscopic pests, which can read- 

 ily be held in check by spraying, pruning and burning the affected 

 branches. 



With the proper selection of trees and ordinary care of the 

 orchard, southwest Minnesota is destined to become an apple pro- 

 ducing section equal to any of the Middle States. The first 

 essential thing to success is the selection of trees as tO' varieties and 

 such as are acclimated. Second, proper planting. Third, that after- 

 care that gives your orchard the same cultivation you would give 

 to a field of corn. Fourth, mulching each fall after ground is 

 frozen to guard against root-killing. Fifth, protection from rab- 



Lhimp of laurel leaf willow, at C. E. Cider's, Luverne. 



bits, field mice and sunscald by tieing wood wrappers around the 

 trunk of each tree. Sixth, spraying to avoid insect pests.. 



As to varieties to plant, the following is a reasonably safe list for 

 this district : 



Apples. — N. W. Greening, Wealthy, Hibernal, Patten's Green- 

 ing, McMahon's White, Peerless, Longfield, Duchess, Fameuse, 

 Malinda. Okabena. Wolf River and \A'albridge. 



Crabs. — Whitney, No. 20, Martha, Hyslop and Transcendent. 

 For other varieties of fruit trees, small fruit and shrubs, the 

 list heretofore adopted by this society is a safe list to plant in 

 this localitv. 



