lob MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



I have a seedling peach of my own growing that I think is 

 very fine. The seed was from the Bokhara No. 25. It is a perfect 

 freestone, of large size and fine flavor. I sent two specimens by 

 Mr. Louis to the Genesee Valley in York State this fall, and he 

 said they told him they had nothing better. I think it is much hardier 

 than most peach trees, but it must be covered. It ought to be 

 propagated by some one, and I will furnish buds or scions from it 

 to any one in this society who would like to propagate it. 



Two and a half bushels is the most peaches I have had from one 

 tree in one year. I have had plenty for our own use for six years 

 past. 



STRAWBERRIES IN THE PINE REGIONS OF 

 MINNESOTA. 



H. G WESTMAN, SANDSTONfi. 



My location, sixty-five miles southwest of Duluth, at Sandstone, 

 lies between the St. Paul & Duluth and the Great Northern rail- 

 roads. The location is a good one for shipping. 



Season iCloS. 



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Thirteen strawberries in twenty-four inches. Grown by Mrs. John Best and Mr. C. W. Bills. 

 Photo by P. A. Christianson, Hinckley. 



The berry crop was poor this season, caused partly by extreme 

 cold and wet weather while in bloom. Later on they blighted 

 badly. I gave my berries good cultivation last season, but the white 

 grub got into them and almost destroyed my best bed. I did not 

 get them mulched until March, and all tlie plants on sandy ground 



