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will power to tear out a lot of trees that are in perfect condition 

 that have been watched Avith so much interest as'have these Prus- 

 sian varieties, but I think the room they occupy is far better 

 planted in some standard kinds or in new varieties for trial. 



Our seedling apple orchard has been increased by the addi- 

 tion of several thousand seedlings of good parentage. 



The yield of plums was very light with us. I do not know 

 just what this was due to, and for the first time since our Sur- 

 prise plum came into bearing it failed to bear a satisfactory crop. 

 I know that in many cases this variety has not been a good bear- 

 er, but with us it has been very reliable. Several thousand plum 

 seedlings, two years old, have been planted in the seedling 

 orchard. 



Several kinds of sour cherries yielded fairly good crops with 

 us this year, which is due largely to the fact that last winter 

 was quite mild and the fruit buds were uninjured. We have tried 

 m.any varieties of these sour cherries, including a large number of 

 Russian sorts, and we think perhaps the Homer, Early Rich- 

 mond, Suda Hardy, Kentish Morello and Wragg are about as 

 reliable in this section as any. 



Raspberries yielded a fairly good crop, and I would call 

 special attention to the desirability of the ]\Iinnetonka Iron 

 Clad among the red kinds. Of the new black varieties the Cum- 

 berland was a great disappointment, since from its good record in 

 other sections we had been led to look upon it as being of 

 great promise here. The chief trouble seems to be that its 

 canes are liable to rust badly. Our Ancient Briton blackberry 

 ?s usual produced a fine crop. Our Snyder blackberries made a 

 strong growth of wood as usual, and as usual produced an in- 

 ferior crop. 



Some of the hybrids between the blackberry and the dewberry 

 which were produced several years ago by the late N. K. Fluke, 

 of Davenport, Iowa, are of much interest, and one of them is so 

 productive that it may prove to have some commercial merit. 

 In habit they are midway between the dewberry and the black- 

 berry. That is, they hold their fruit well ofT the ground and yet 

 are easily laid down. Should we find something of a productive 

 character among this lot it may prove a great addition to our 

 list of cultivated fruits. 



As usual we have raised about fifty varieties of potatoes. 

 This is a crop that is arousing considerable attention just now 

 from the fact that there have been such serious losses in various 

 parts of ATinnesota from blight and rot during the past few years. 



