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vised me to use the liquid spray, I thought I knew best. I gave 

 it a thorough trial and could not see any difference in trees that 

 were sprayed or were not. But I found the dust spray all right 

 for the currant worm. I shall try the liquid spray ano'.her 

 season and shall give the dust spray another trial also, as I be- 

 lieve that the time has come that we must spray if we are to 

 raise good fruit. 



A few years ago 1 set out a few seedling apple trees with 

 great expectations. Two or three of these bore this year for 

 the first time but, to our disappointment, small, inferior fruit. 

 But we live in hopes for the future, and believe some one 

 will find just the apple for the Northwest. 



Evergreens have made a good growth this season, it being 

 wet and cool and favorable for transplanting them. Farmers 

 have commenced to see their value for windbreaks and are set- 

 ting them out by the hundreds. 



WRENSHALL TRIAL STATION, ANNUAL REPORT. 



F. B. MC LERAN, SUPT. 



At the last annual meeting, one year ago, I was informed that 

 a horticultural trial station would be located on my farm near 

 Wrenshall, twenty miles from Duluth on the N. P. R. R. To ex- 

 plain the need of a trial station at this particular point I will try 

 to make you better acquainted with the conditions. About thirty 

 miles from Lake Superior up the St. Louis River Valley is a 

 height of land, or divide, which rises about 700 feet above the 

 lake. The section between this divide and the lake has a climate 

 that is governed largely by the lake winds and lake conditions. 

 There is a material difference in the climate of this small section 

 and of that just over the divide. It is in the very center of this 

 section that Wrenshall Station is located, — twenty miles from 

 the lake, ten miles from the St. Louis river. 



Regarding the work at this station, I can only mention that 

 undertaken, as no definite results can be obtained in one season. 

 However, I hope at some later date to accomplish things that 

 will be of interest and of value to us all. 



I will not take space to list all the varieties set for trial, but 

 if any one is interested enough to drop me a postal will be glad 

 to mail them such list. 



Last spring 150 trees, apples and plums, were set out. These 

 included thirty varieties of apples and crabs, and twelve kinds 



