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Tlie Wealthy seedlings from Air. Elliot were received in good 

 condition and have all started to grow. This trial orchard con- 

 sists of the six Wealthy seedlings, the twenty-four standard apple 

 trees on Pyrus baccata, and twenty-four Wealthy trees grafted on 

 piece root of the French crab. These twenty-four Wealthy trees 

 were dug and heeled in last fall. They are now every one of them 

 making a vigorous start. The trees in this orchard were planted 

 sixteen by twenty feet apart, and the orchard just occupies my entire 

 onion bed. 



The three King raspberry plants sent me for trial are growing 

 nicely, but the Beta grapevine failed to start. 



June 8, 1905. 



MINNESOTA CITY TRrAL STATION. 



O. M. LORD, SUPT. 



(See frontispiece.) 



Straivherrics. The crop appears to be in fine condition, the 

 Senator Dunlap especially. Berries have just begun to form. 



Red raspberries wintered well and look fine. Currants also look 

 well and will probably be abundant. 



Plums. Where the trees bore heavily last year they are not 

 abundant. There will be no crop of Surprise. Wolf, Wyant, Rol- 

 lingstone are well set with fruit. The trees all blossomed very full, 

 Imt a continued rain prevented pollenizing. 



Apples were later in blooming than the plums and now promise 

 well. 



Cherries are well set and now promise a good crop. The Wragg 

 cherry is very full. 



June I, 1905. 



Referring to the picture of my place in this number : Plum 

 orchard No. i is indistinct in the upper left hand corner, and con- 

 sists of one row of Surprise, one of Ocheeda, one of Cheney and 

 one of Gaylord. Plum orchard No. 2 is at the left hand and more 

 distinct, and is all Surprise except one row, which is Aitkin. I 

 have had two good crops of Surprise, but no Aitkin. Plum orchard 

 No. 3 is the one directly in front of the house, and contains a good 

 many varieties. It is as large as the other two. 



These two pictures were taken during the blossoming, but trees 

 that bore heavily last year have no plums this year. All trees ex- 

 cept the De Soto appear well. The De Soto was overloaded last 

 year. 



Prof. Sandsten, of Madison University, in a late article, says 

 the idea that plums can be improved by planting a large number 



