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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Marlboro raspberry still stands at the head as a money 

 maker, the King, Minnetonka, Ironclad and Shipper's Pride follow- 

 ing. The Loudon is being discarded. The Ironclad and Shipper's 

 Pride stood the past winter without any protection and produced 

 a big crop. Prospect for another season's crop are good. 



Rockford and Maple Plaine reports: We had another favor- 

 able season; raspberries exceedingly good. The Older black cap 

 and the red varieties known as the Superlative and Shipper's 

 Pride came through the winter without any protection and produced 

 heavily. Strawberry beds winter-killed badly, reducing the yield 

 nearly one-half. Currants and gooseberries bore about two-thirds 



R. A. Wright, Excelsior. 



of a crop. Plums did well excepting early varieties, which went 

 to plum pocket. The Surprise leads them all. The apple crop was 

 very uneven, some trees bearing heavily, while others produced very 

 little. Size and quality were very good, the Wealthy and Duch- 

 ess heading the list. Crabs were light, not over one-third of a crop. 



Cherries were nearly a failure and trees badly winter-killed, 

 except the Compass, which did well. Prospects for next season 

 are very good, except with the strawberry crop, which will be 

 shortened on account of poor condition of the beds 



Bloomington and vicinity report strawberries as having suf- 

 fered to some extent from winter-killing, but they partly re- 

 covered, because of the abundant rain, and yielded a fair crop. 



