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The Yellow Sweet we have had about eighteen years, but it has 

 proven a shy bearer. Its season is early, and its fruit quickly rots 

 from the inside. It does not sell well, as people do not care much 

 for a sweet apple at its season. The Hibernal does not seem to 

 have much, if any, value for this section, while it is a success as a 

 fruit producer, but nobody seems to want the fruit when the Wealthy 

 can be had. The Anisim was free from the scab fungus, but the 

 fruit was much affected by the brown rot. 



In crab apples the Early Strawberry and the Pride of Minne- 

 apolis did very well ; other varieties were mostly taken by the scab 

 fungus. 



We have hopes of the Charlamoff apple, but so far it has proven 

 a shy bearer. 



The following varieties of apples, named in the order of their 

 being ready for market, have for a series of years given us good 

 results : Yellow Transparent, Blushed Calville, Duchess, Okabena, 

 Antonovka, Wealthy, Patten's Greening, Northwest Greening and 

 Malinda. The Jewell and Scott's Winter have also done very well, 

 and for a late winter, real sweet apple the Broome Sweet is very 

 promising. 



The following late winter varieties are promising, but we have 

 not as yet fruited any of them : Yahnke, Clemens, Salome and Mil- 

 waukee. The Golden Russet is not hardy here and has gone out. 



Of plums the Freestone Wolf still holds its place here as a most 

 reliable fruiter ; the Clingstone Wolf bears very well ; Eureka gives 

 great promise as an early market variety. The DeSoto bloomed just 

 at a time when rainy weather prevailed and therefore gave us but 

 little fruit. The following varieties were very much affected and 

 fruit about destroyed by the plum rot: Forest Garden, Compass, 

 Wood, Iowa, New Ulm and Emerald. The Clingstone Wolf was 

 our best late market plum this season. 



A small patch of Snyder and Stone's Hardy blackberries, that 

 are growing wild in one corner of our apple orchard, gave us a 

 very good crop, without the canes being covered for winter. 



Our dwarf Jimeberries (Success) bore full, as is usual with 

 them, but much of the fruit was stung by some insect so that the 

 berries dried upon the bushes, and there was no market for any of 

 the fruit. 



About all the varieties of evergreens we are growing continue 

 to do well. The exceptions are white pine, which we have had for 

 many years on trial — it is a failure here ; a good many red cedars, 

 some of which we have had growing eight or ten years, died the past 

 season — apparently winter-killed — it seemed to make little difference 



