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have been very little done in this line, some claiming that their trees 

 'vhich were sprayed fruited less than those not sprayed. 



"Did fruit trees or shrubs suffer any from the cold last winter ?" 

 If so, what varieties, and what was the condition of the soil last fall ? 

 Did trees hold their leaves late in the season ?" 



1. No. Most everything came through all right except some 

 raspberries which were not covered killed with late frost in the 

 spring. 



2. The soil was full of moisture. 



3. Trees held their leaves until about the loth of November. 

 "Are fruits going into the coming winter in good condition for 



wintering well, and is there much or little water in the soil?" All 

 conditions are favorable. The late fall allowed the new wood to 



Residence of Mr. J. F. Benjamin, Hutchinson, Minn. 



ripen up before any frost came, and the leaves ripened on the trees, 

 so that even when frost did come the leaves remained until the 24th 

 of November, when they fell during a heavy wind after the rain of 

 the day previous. 



"Please give here a short list of fruits of all kinds doing best in 

 your locality?" 



Apples : Hibernal, Duchess, 

 Peter, Northwestern Greening, 

 Charlamoff, Malinda, Red Anisim. 



Crabs and Hibrids : Whitney, 

 Mrginia, Florence, Early Minnesota. 



Plums: De Soto, Surprise, Wolf, 

 Rollingstone, Aitkin. 



Cherries: Compass, Early Richmond, Homer 



Patten's 

 Peerless, 



Greening, 

 Longfield, 



Wealthy, 

 Okabena, 



Transcendent, Sweet Russet, 

 Forest Garden, Weaver, 



