THE SMALL FRUIT GARDEN IN MARCH AND APRIL. QI 



and died. The doctor put down the outcome as a new medical dis- 

 covery for future reference in this wise : "Baked beans will cure 

 ague in a blacksmith, but will kill a tailor." (Laughter.) The Lou- 

 don is one of the best berries in the state except at Excelsior. (Re- 

 newed laughter.) 



Mr. Wright : I wish to inform Mr. Yahnke that I did not con- 

 fine myself to Excelsior exclusively, but to Long Lake, on the north 

 shore of Lake Minnetonka, and, in fact, in the whole region sur- 

 rounding Lake Minnetonka the fruit growers are all discarding the 

 Loudon. 



Mr. R. H. L. Jewett : My Loudon are sixty miles south of Lake 

 Minnetonka, and they are good for nothing. 



Mr. A. Brackett : I have been growing the Loudon for a number 

 of years, and I find it to be one of the hardiest of berries. But, as 

 Mr. Wright says, they are discarding the Loudon on the other side 

 of the lake. I sold 1,500 to a gentleman over there, and his neigh- 

 bors laughed at him, but he said he raised more ofif of his Loudon 

 than any of his neighbors ever did. 



Mr. H. H. S. Rowell : I have heard the Loudon strongly recom- 

 mended as being very hardy, and as being the only raspberry that 

 could be left uncovered during the winter. I would like to know 

 as to that, whether it is hardier than others, or whether there are 

 others equal or superior to the Loudon. 



Mr. Brackett : I think it is the hardiest berry we have, with the 

 possible exception of the King. 



Mr. J. L. Tiegland : I have tried raspberries a little, and I have 

 found the Loudon to be the best, anyway, so far as my experience 

 goes. I have not covered them the last few years, but they have 

 done very well with me. 



Mr. Probstfield : I have raspberries that are not cultivated to 

 any extent. They have been standing seventeen years in the same 

 patch, and we get a big crop of berries every year. If we have a 

 dry year the crop is not so large ; they never winter-killed except 

 in the early '90's, but since they have never been injured. At the 

 time I have reference to we had no snow. 



Mr. Wright : Talking about winter-killing, I have had the 

 Loudon winter-kill, too, three or four years, and I would not risk 

 them without being covered. Some winters they will come through 

 all right. 



Mr. Seth Kenney : I have raised the Loudon for five years, 

 and while they have killed back some I have never failed to get a 

 good crop. It is the hardiest red raspberry I have ever tried. 



Mr. T. T. Bacheller : To go back again to strawberries, I would 

 like to ask Mr. Wright why he does not include the Warfield. Out of 

 six varieties we had we picked more of the Warfield than of any 

 other variety. 



Mr. Wright : I think the Warfield is one of the best berries, 

 provided it has moisture enough. During a dry season we had — I 

 think it was some eight years ago — I started in with the Warfield. 

 I raised them three vears, and I do not think I got a single good 



