146 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Crabs: Whitney, Virginia, Siberian Yellow, Minnesota. 



Cherries: Compass, Early Richmond. 



Plums: DeSoto, Surprise, Wolf. 



Flowers: Are not reported, but I am going to take the re- 

 sponsibility of speaking for the seventh district, and any one who is 

 not willing to take my word will be requested to take the M. & St. 

 L. R. R. to Madison, where the citizens grow flowers instead of 

 weeds — and they are not the wild sunflower either ! 



Two Minute Talk. 



Mr. P. G. Jacobson, (7th Dist.) : I relied altogether on the 

 notices sent out and jotted down a few things I thought might be 

 of interest to you. Almost all the replies that I received relate to 

 the personal experiences of the parties instead of the general con- 

 ditions in their respective communities. It seems, however, that is 

 the only way to get at the facts in the case. 



There were quite a few reported their orchards in poor condi- 

 tion owing to wet weather. It has been a very wet season through- 

 out the seventh district, so much so that a great deal of wheat and 

 oats were not cut and corn is not yet husked. The condition of 

 the orchards is rather due to the fact that they were planted in the 

 dry seasons of a few years ago, and they were planted on low 

 ground, and owing to the wet seasons we have had in recent years 

 the condition of the soil is too wet for the trees. 



Mr. A. Brackett : I would like to ask Mr. Jacobson whether 

 he has any trouble with the Compass cherry not bearing. 



Mr. Jacobson : The Compass cherry is not over three years old 

 with us. The only man who can raise cherries in the district is 

 Mr. J. F. Jacobson. He is the only man who can raise cherries, 

 and he has a great number of all kinds. 



Mr. Brackett : You take the Compass cherry in Dakota, and it 

 is a continual bearer there. They never have any trouble with 

 rotting, as we do here, and that is because of the dry climate. A 

 dry climate is the native home of the Compass cherry. 



The President : We have had some unusually bad seasons for 

 the Compass cherry on account of so much rain. When we get 

 another of our old-fashioned drouthy summers the Compass cherry 

 will do better. 



Mr. C. S. Harrison (Neb.) : We can raise more worms from 

 a single cherry in Nebraska than I ever saw. 



Mr. Henry Husser : I had occasion to see the Compass cherry 

 on the place of a friend in St. Paul, and he says it is the worst 

 thing he could plant. He says they are full of worms, the trees 

 spread apart, and the least wind will break them down. 



"I Have a Wealthy Apple Tree — that brought me in $15 in clean cash 

 the past season. Wealthy beats Ben Davis twice over as a money maker, for 

 it is a better apple and comes in at a time when apples sell well." — Joe Parker, 

 Sagamon Co., 111. (O. J. Farmer.) 



