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MINNESOIA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Northfield had about an average crop with a good lot of Weal- 

 thy and quite a quantity to ship west. Jordan reports Wealthy, 

 Peerless, Strawberry and Minnesota as good, and all others light. 

 New Ulm had very little fruit. Duchess was the only apple that 

 bore well at Blue Earth. Hutchinson had a light crop. 



All report trees in fine condition, having made a good growth, 

 ripened wood well and but little blight. Nothing is being done for 

 blight, and very little spraying has been done for anything in the 

 district. 



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A Thrifty Longfield Apple Tree on Grounds of C. P. Nichols, Northfield. 



The plum crop was about as varied as the apple crop. Too much 

 rain made some rot. Wolf and Rollingstone seemed to be best and 

 the most free from rot. 



Greenleaf reports they suffered from scab and leaf-blight. Ka- 

 sota had a good crop and good quality. On the whole, trees are in 

 good shape. 



The crop does not seem to be as easy to dispose of as it used to 

 be before the days when all kinds of other fruits and plums were 

 shipped in so abundantly. A good native plum well cared for seems 

 to .give about as good results or better than many kinds with big 

 sounding names. 



The cherry crop amounted to almost nothing with but few trees 



