WEST CONCORD TRIAL STATION. 



M7 



Flowering Shrubs. The Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora is a 

 very beautiful, hardy shrub, blossoming in August and Septem- 

 ber. It needs no winter protection. Spirae Van Houttii is very 

 hardy, standing the winters without any protection. This shrub is 



Spirea Van Houttii on the place of Mr. Fred Cowles. 



beautiful as a single specimen on the lawn, or it makes a beautiful 

 hedge. California privet is not hardy here ; it killed to the ground 

 the past winter, but came up from the roots and made a good growth 

 this summer. The perennial phlox and pgeonies are very hardy and 

 should be planted more in the northwest. 



WINDOM TRIAL STATION. 



DEWAIN COOK, SUPT., JEFFERS. 



The season just passed (1904) has on the whole been a favor- 

 able one for this station. Owing no doubt to the preceding hard 

 winter the bearing Wealthy apple trees are carrying a larger amount 

 of dark wood than at any previous time, but I think they have re- 

 ceived no permanent injury. The other standard apple trees were 

 apparently uninjured. 



All of our apple trees dropped their foliage earlier than usual, 

 have ripened their wood well, and the prospect is bright for a large 

 crop of apples next season. 



We had some scab on our apples but less than we had in 1903. 

 •We had less blight than usual. What we had was mostly on the 

 Wealthys. We had previously reduced the number of our bad 

 blighters by chopping many of them out. 



The Wealthy, Duchess, Peerless, Okabena, Patten's Greening, 

 Antonovka and Northwestern Greening have the past season demon- 

 strated their value and can be recommended for this section. 



The following varieties have shown some merit but not enough 

 to recommend them for general planting : Yellow Transparent, 



