JEFFERS TRIAL STATION, ANNUAL REPORT. Ql 



Ocheeda bear anything like a crop ; the others have all given us 

 one good crop and one or two very small crops, but most sea- 

 sons they were about a total failure. 



Alter a hail storm, at Jelfers' Tiial Station. 



The kinds that have proved reliable bearers for a long term 

 of years are DeSoto, Wolf (freestone) and Wyant. I might 

 also add to this list Rockford and Forest Garden. Most of our 

 largest and best selling plums cannot, it seems, be relied upon 

 always for a large crop, although they are rarely a total failure. 

 The large varieties which are referred to here are the Hawkeye, 

 Stoddard and the clingstone Wolf; 



The Compass plum set for a fair crop, but the fruit all rotted 

 upon the trees before they ripened. The Terry plum, formerly 

 called Free Silver, is a most promising variety. It is the largest 

 pure native variety that I have fruited. 



Of the Japanese hybrids, the Bursota has proven unproduc- 

 tive ; the Cheneybot gave us a fine crop on grafts set three years 

 — it seems to be a Cheney very much improved. The Eureka and 

 Emerald are also very promising. The former is large, early 

 and of elegant quality, the Emerald is late, very large and good: 

 both appear to be as productive as any of the large varieties. 



The plum gouger did not show up the past season ; the 

 curculio did some damage but less than usual. 



Black raspberries were all a failure here from cane rust, 

 or anthracnose ; but the reds. Turner, Cuthbert, Brandywine and 

 Superb, all gave us a fine crop. They had no winter protection. 



Our blackberries, Snvder and Stone's Hardv, bore verv well. 



