ANNUAL REPORT, I906, VICE-PRES., SECOND CONG. DIST. 1 29 



Question.— What is the present condition of the following fruits 

 in your vicinity and the kind of crop borne this year (1906) by 

 each tree? 



Apples. Balaton : Condition good, but small crop this year. 



Slayton : Off-year for crop, but the present conditions first- 

 class. 



Worthington : Was a light crop following a very heavy one in 

 1905. Present conditions good. 



Lynd : O. K. In good form. 



Lake Crystal : Very few apples. Trees in fine condition. Wood 

 well ripeneel and plenty of moisture. 



W'innebago City : Some few trees bore well, but niostly a light 

 crop. Trees in good condition for winter. 



Jeffers : Crop light, one-eighth of a crop. Condition of trees 

 good. 



Woodstock : Condition good, small crop this year. 



Minneota : ]\Iedium crop, condition of trees excellent. 



Fairmont : About one-fourth crop. Prospect good for -a big 

 crop next year. 



Adrian : Wealthy, Duchess, Patten's Greenings, Hibernal and 

 Whitney No. 20 bore a good crop. Condition of trees excellent. 



Magnolia : Crop pretty good. Duchess, Wealthy, Snow, North- 

 western Greening, Patten's Greening, Hibernal, Perry Russet, Yel- 

 low Transparent and spme crabs bore a heavy crop, others light. 

 Condition of trees good. 



Luverne : Crop very uneven. Some trees loaded, others had 

 very few or none on. Some orchards were loaded all they" would 

 hold, others had scarcely any. On the whole, a medium crop. Con- 

 dition of trees first-class to go into winter. 



Jackson : Duchess, Wealthy and crabs generally seemed to do 

 well, but some orchards that bore heavily in 1905 had a light crop 

 in 1906. 



Summing up, the apple crop is about medium, with the trees 

 in excellent condition all over the district. 



Plums. Balaton : Condition of trees good, crop small and poor 

 in quality. Plum pocket bad. 



Pipestone : Medium crop, condition good. 



Slayton : Small crop, condition first-class. 



Worthington : The best and largest yield for many years. 



Lynd : Crop lost, too much rain. 



Lake Crystal : Not many raised, but some trees had a good 

 crop. 



Winnebago City : Early plums rotted badly ; late ones were 

 better but not much sale for them. 



Jeffers : Crop uneven ; some places crop good, others near by 

 got little. 



Woodstock : Crop good. Some rotted on lower limbs. 



Minneota : None grown to report on. 



Fairmont : One-third crop. Trees in fine condition for winter. 



