138 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



on leaves similar to that on crabs. The Compass cherry rotted bad- 

 ly. Some trees in good condition, but many not looking wcll. 



Grapes. A light crop of good quality. Some vines are sickly 

 or dead, but those not injured by the winter made a good growth. 



Strawberries. Some growers report a heavy crop, but most 

 fields were weakened by the winter and bore a light crop. I have 

 some reports of a poor stand of this year's planting, caused by weak 

 plants, but present conditions are generally good. 



Cii-rrants and gooseberries were about half a crop. 



Nursery stock. There has been a large amount planted with 

 excellent results. The abundant rains liave produced a good 

 growth. 



The present soil conditions are favorable for successful winter- 

 ing, there being an abundance of moisture. 



A request sent to a number of fruit growers in various parts of 

 the district, to "give a short list of varieties of fruit of all kinds 

 doing best in your locality," has been answered by lists which are 

 largely in line with the fruit lists of this society. I select those sorts 

 mentioned by the greatest number. 



Apples: Duchess, Wealthy, Patten's Greening, University. 



Plums: Surprise, DeSoto, Wolf, Forest Garden. 



Strawberries : Senator Dunlap, Warfield, Bederwood. 



Raspberries: King, Ironclad, Miller. 



I would give the following as a list of desirable and hardy per- 

 ennial flozvers: Peonies, phlox, oriental poppies, bleeding heart, 

 larkspur, golden glow, tiger lilies, tulips. 



Hardy Ornamental Shrubs: Spirea, syringa, hydrangea, lilac, 

 snowball, weigelia. 



Mr. C. C. Hunter : I would like to ask Mr. Haggard whether 

 the Compass cherry bears with him after it is five years old. The 

 first two years they bear a good deal. 



Mr. Haggard : That has been my experience, but still it has 

 been rather limited. I am a fruit grower only on a small scale, 

 and my personal observation has been confined only to a small sec- 

 tion of country in the vicinity of Excelsior, at Lake Minnetonka. 

 However, my observation is that trees that have borne for five years 

 are not doing well. 



Profits from Spraying Potatoes. — The results of numerous experi- 

 ments made by or under the direction of the New York agricultural experi- 

 ment station, shows that it pays to spray potatoes. At Geneva, the average 

 gain during the past four years has been 14S54 bushels per acre from five to 

 seven sprayings. In similar experiments at Riverhead, L. I., the average 

 gain from five to seven sprayings was 69^ bushels per acre and from three 

 sprayings 39 bushels. 



