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The Jewell's Winter is making a good healthy growth, but has 

 not fruited, as they are young trees. The Yahnke will fall below 

 the Wealthy in hardiness; tree not a good grower, and the wood 

 discolors badly. 



There was very little blight the past summer, and many of the 

 Wealthys that were injured last year have improved greatly. Trees 

 on the whole are in good shape, and the interest in tree planting has 

 not had a setback because of the light crop. 



Mr. A. B. Lyman : The apple crop in our section was light. 

 The Duchess did as well as any one variety, especially the old 

 trees. There was a tendency of the Wealthy to overbear, and those 

 who thinned their fruit had a very profitable crop, but those who 

 allowed their trees to bear five apples where there should have been 

 one, had an unprofitable crop, which had to be sold at small prices. 

 I had a quantity of trees sent me by the Central Station, the Mc- 

 Mahon, the Yellow Sweet and the Peerless, and these three we 

 might group in one class. Years ago we spoke well of the Peer- 

 less, and it looked and did well as a young tree ; but as it grew 

 older it did not improve, and it is not considered very valuable now. 

 I think also the Northwestern Greening is nothing to boast of. 

 Our Northwestern Greening bore heavily last year, but they showed 

 considerable weakness and are in bad shape. 



GLENCOE TRIAL STATION, ANNUAL REPORT, 1906 



A. H. REED, SUPT. 



In making this, my annual report for the season of 1906, will 

 state that my proving or trial grounds consist of twelve acres of 

 black loam soil, with a deep clay subsoil. These twelve acres are set 

 out to what is termed in horticultural parlance a commercial orchard, 

 apple trees predominating, and the following named varieties are 

 bearing, which I name in the order I consider the most worthy to 

 be propagated in Minnesota, viz : Wealthy, Peter, Northwestern 

 Greening, Hibernal, Peerless, Duchess, Patten's Greening, I.ong- 

 field, Anisim, Whitney, Transcendent and Yellow Siberian crab. 



The following varieties I have planted for experimental pur- 

 poses as to hardiness, all of which have lived and thrived through 

 one or more winters and summers without mulching or extra care, 

 and I am a strong believer that in three years' time I shall be pro- 

 ducing the Jonathan, Grimes' Golden, Baldwin, Roxbury Russet, 

 Gano, York Imperial, King and other varieties on longer lived 



