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and with what success? One answered "not able to say;" four "a 

 considerable amount and stock looks well ;" one answered "a good 

 deal and lots of poor and not hardy stock." 



What is being- done in way of spraying orchards? All report 

 "nothing." 



Did fruit trees and shrubs suffer any from cold last winter? 

 What were soil conditions last fall? Answer: There was little 

 or no injury from the winter apparently on the hardy varieties, 

 the leaves were mostly fallen and the wood well ripened. 



Are fruits going into this coming winter in good condition for 

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

 answered "plenty of moisture and most trees maturing well, but 

 some newly grafted stock is growing a little yet'." Another an- 

 swered, "there is an abundance of water in the soil, but the foliage 

 is yet quite green on the trees." All others answered "soil has 

 plenty of water, and the trees and plants are maturing well." 



All hardy fruits and shrubs came through the winter without 

 apparent damiage. The cold spell in the first half of April, per- 

 haps, did some damage in reducing the fruit crop. 



The local markets with tlie exception of St. Paul were en- 

 tirely bare of Wealthy apples. There was quite a good crop of 

 Duchess and some Hibernal, Okabena, \\o\i River and University. 

 These trees all appear to do well. 



There was a light crop of crab apples, with tlie exception of 

 Strawberry and Florence. These two varieties appeared to be 

 free from scab ; \'irginia. Transcendent ard Lyman's Prolific suf- 

 fered much wifh scab, and the apples were very small and poor. 



All forest trees made a heavy growth. The white and blue spruce 

 are doing well, and are handsome trees. The good work of the Min- 

 nesota Horticultural Society is extending all over tlie state, and be- 

 fore many years we will be raising all the apples, plums and small- 

 fruits we need. 



Has there been much blight, and what' has been done to combat 

 it? Seven of my correspondents did not answer this question. 

 Two reported "blight bad." Blight was especially bad in south 

 half of Washington county. All my northern correspondents report' 

 but little blight. 



FRUIT LIST : 



Apples. — Duchess, Patten's Greening, N. W. Greening, Univer- 

 sity^ Okabena.. 



Crabs and Hybrids. — Virginia, Florence. 

 Plums. — De Sot'o, Rollingstone, Cheney. 

 Raspberries.— London. King, Columbia. 



