252 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



We have just commenced to fruit the New Globe tomato in 

 our greenhouses. This tomato is the most satisfactory we have 

 ever used for this purpose. The fruit is large, round, pink, solid, 

 with few seeds and sets an enormous quantity of fruit ; ripens 

 tv.'o weeks ahead of Beauty and New Stone and has but a small 

 amount of foliage. It is the most promising novelty in tomatoes 

 that we have had in a long time. If it proves to be as good in 

 the field as it has in the greenhouse, it is destined to be a most 

 popular sort. \A'e have had considerable rot on Beauty and New 

 Stone but none on New Globe when growing in the same bench. 



JEFFERS TRIAL STATION. 



DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 



Fruit trees wintered as well as usual and apparently none of 

 our standards were injured by the very cold weather of the past 

 winter. 



Plums will be a light crop. The plum rot (Alonilia) destroyed 

 the bloom of the early blooming varieties and of many of those that 

 bloomed later, nevertheless several of the old standbys are set for 

 a very good crop. 



The prospect is also good for a large crop of apples. Crab 

 apples bloomed very full, but some kind of a blight destroyed m.ost 

 of the bloom. This blight was not what is commonly known as 

 the fire blight but more like that which destroyed the plum blos- 

 soms. Still the Florence and several other varieties have set for 

 a good crop. • 



Fire blight has not put in an appearance so far this season. 



Some Validimir cherry trees are bearing a fair crop. Straw- 

 berries are just beginning to ripen, but don't expect to get a very 

 large crop. There was some winter -killing, and there is some rust, 

 especially in the older beds ; also the frost of May 27th killed a 

 good deal of bloom. 



Currants will at best be only a light crop, and gooseberries will 

 be about nothing. Raspberries and blackberries are looking fine 

 and will probably give us at least a fair crop. 



The twelve apple trees from the State Farm, that were grafted 

 on Pyrus baccata, were received after being delayed several days 

 in transit. They were considerably bruised and were in rather 

 weak condition. They were planted, cut back, etc., according to 

 directions. All have started but one, but I think that will start 

 later. 



A second lot of twelve Pyrus baccata trees sent me later were 

 also, received somewhat the worse for wear. They were also plant- 

 ed in the trial orchard, but not cut back. 



