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After the season becomes warm, these plants are removed from 

 the greenhouse and put outside where they can be looked after. 

 They appeared very healthy and gave every appearance of 

 good care in handling them. 



For the growing of apples in pots I noticed they were us- 

 ing the Paradise stock, which dwarfs the apples grown upon 

 them and permits of their being readily grown in a tub the size 

 of an ordinary butter tub. It is this stock that is used so com- 

 monly in Europe for dwarfing apples. 



The new strawberry that Prof. Hansen sent out last year 

 is described by Mr. Haraldson as not being especially well 

 adapted for commercial purposes but well fitted for the gen- 

 eral grower, who will not take much pains with it, and won- 

 derfully hardy. I noted some of these vines in a recent trip 

 near Lake Minnetonka, where they had made a tremendous 

 growth, although the plants were in very poor condition when 

 received. There is a great field for such a berry among our 

 farmers. 



About twenty years ago Prof. Kefifer made a pioneer prai- 

 rie planting on the grounds at this station which is now in 

 charge of Prof. Hansen. We found much in this plantation 

 that was of interest, showing something of the possibilities 

 of forest tree growing under severe prairie conditions m Dako- 

 ta. 



On the way to Brookings I spent some little time at Co- 

 teau Farm, the home of Supt. O. C. Gregg. My special ob- 

 ject here was to note what had been done with the horticul- 

 tural work that was started seven or eight years ago. The for- 

 est garden at this place, which was put out by the Central Ex- 

 periment Station, is of much interest, the trees having made a 

 tremendous growth. Among those that are showing up es- 

 pecially well now are the green ash, burr oak, mountain ash, 

 box elder, basswood, Norway spruce, Scotch pine and dwarf 

 pine. When this planting was made, the first evergreens set 

 out were entirely killed during the winter, and such has been 

 the general experience of those who have done planting on 

 the prairies near this section. But after the windbreaks were 

 established, so that winter protection was given to the ever- 

 greens, there was little or no trouble from this cause. Mr. 

 Gregg set out a large number of European white birch seven 

 or eight years ago. These are now five or more inches in 



