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good deal of ornamentals at our place too. Raspberries turned 

 out very well. I never lay them down, and yet we have enormous 

 crops of Turner and Cuthbert. We tried to dig out the black- 

 berries, but the Snyder will run along the fence, and we have 

 as many as we had other years along the pasture fence. 



I received from Mr. Harrison 700 peonies. I furnish a good 

 many blooms to florists, and I put in over 700 peonies I received 

 from Mr. Harrison. I also put in some of his new phlox. All 

 kinds of perennial phlox are hardy without any covering, but at 

 the same time it is better to throw some light manure over them 

 in the fall. 



I want to speak about the w^ork Frank Randall is doing at 

 the state reformatory. He is planting a large number of orna- 

 mental trees, and he has catalpa that are doing well. He has 

 planted plum trees of seedlings. I don't think we ever had a 

 superintendent at the reformatory that has done as good work 

 c'lS he does. Somewhere he discovered a wild grape that is a 

 very large and fine grape and is perfectly hardy. He started 

 a large number of vines and let us have some. They are not old 

 enough yet to know what they will do. He started quite a 

 number of grape vines, and they made a good growth this year. 

 They don't require any covering. I thought I would speak of 

 that because he is doing good work, and it may influence some 

 others to do good work. (Applause.) 



The Chairman : With reference to that hardy grape grown 

 by Mr. Randall it is probably identical with the Beta. It orig- 

 inated with Andrew Svelten, and has been referred to in the Horti- 

 cultural Magazine from time to time. It is a rank grower, a 

 heavy bearer and perfectl}^ hardy. 



WEST CONCORD TRIAL STATION, ANNUAL REPORT. 



FRED COVVLES, SUPT. 



At the time we made our last midsummer report everything 

 ]>romised a bountiful harvest, all fruits had blossomed freely and 

 looked most favorable. Strawberries, although promising a 

 large crop, fruited lightly, and heavy rain hindered picking, al- 

 though cool weather helped matters a great deal. Our favorite 

 varieties are Warfield, Sen. Dunlap, Splendid and Lovett. These 

 well known varieties are more profitable than newer ones that 

 we have tried, and they take well on the market. For canning 

 Warfield and Dunlap are considered the best. 



