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great many were sold in this locality. They are proving annual 

 bearers and are productive, but unfortunately the fruit is identical 

 with the Longfield, a variety that this society dropped from the 

 fruit list last season. 



The twelve trees received last spring that were grown on 

 Pyrus baccata stocks were planted as directed, and they made 

 a very good growth, those of deep planting and those of shal- 

 low planting showing no difiference. They were planted on a 

 south slope, and the soil is black, with a clay sub-soil. 



Mr. Older: I notice Mr. Lyman says the Minnetonka apple 

 is identical with the Longfield. Down at our place it is red like 

 the Wealthy. 



Mr. Merritt : Why has the Longfield been dropped from the 

 fruit list? 



The Chairman : If you will not stop to discuss it I will tell 

 you. Generally it has proven too small. As I remember it, it 

 is not entirely ofi the list. 



Mr. Lyman : We had a few, and it is very unprofitable. 



The Chairman : It is not an especially long lived tree as a 

 rule. My .impression is we have not dropped it entirely. The 

 Longfield is still on the list, "Valuable for some locations." 



Mr. Busse : I would like to ask Mr. Lyman about the seed- 

 lings of the Wealthy, whether they are subject to blight, or 

 whether they are worth planting in a commercial orchard. 



Mr. Lyman: On the whole they are a lot of seedlings that 

 are attracting a great deal of attention because they are pan- 

 ning out well. We have propagated four or five varieties that 

 we thought had merit, and they are trees that rarely blight. 

 There are few in the whole lot that do not blight some, but as a 

 rule they do not blight to speak of. 



The Chairman : I was out at Mr. Lyman's place with Mr. 

 Latham lately, and those seedlings look very promising. He 

 has a wonderfully good soil, better than Mr. Busse and the 

 experiment station have got. His seedlings look very nice in- 

 deed. 



GLENCOE TRIAL STATION, ANNUAL REPORT. 



A. H. REED SUPT. 



Late in April I was notified for the first time that a trial 

 station had been established at Glencoe, accompanied by the fol- 

 lowing letter and instruction. 



"Conditions to be observed in planting and caring for Pyrus 

 baccata budded trees, twelve in number, sent to each trial station 

 of the Minn. State Horticultural society, spring of 1905. 



I. Plant not less than sixteen feet apart and deep enough 

 so that when the ground has settled they will stand one or two 

 inches deeper than they stood in the nursery." 



