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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



twenty-five cents a bushel. Some nice Wealthy apples sold that low. 

 In most of the districts there are no cold storage facilities, and many 

 market their apples as soon as gathered, thus depressing the price. 

 By co-operation of fruit growers in methods of marketing their 

 crops, and in providing cold storage facilities for keeping the fruit, 

 so as to lengthen the season, better prices can be had and better 

 results attained. 



Many young orchards have been set out in the district. Some 

 of these are just coming into bearing, and others will bear in a few 



David Secor, Winnebago City. 



years. The local demand for apples can be supplied, and a surplus 

 raised to ship to less favored localities. 



Quite a little experimenting is being done in growing seedling 

 apple trees from seeds gathered from fruit of hardy trees. It is 

 hoped that some good results will come from these experiments. 

 On my ground the most of the seedling trees stood the test of last 

 winter without injury, and there was no discoloration of the wood 

 of last year's growth, even to the terminal buds. 



