ANNUAL REPORT, igo6, VICE-PRES., EIGHTH CONG. DISTi I47 



ANNUAL REPORT, 1906, VICE-PRESIDENT, EIGHTH 

 CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 



H. G. WESTMAN, SANDSTONE. 



Apples: There is quite a difference in the apple yield in differ- 

 ent locations. The north of the district has a far better showing 

 than the south. This goes to show that the clay soil in the north 

 is better adapted than the sandy belt extending forty or fifty miles 

 north from Minneapolis. Among the apples that were raised with 

 fair returns were Duchess, Wealthy, Brier Sweet, Lyman's Prolific, 

 Early Strawberry, N. W. Greening, Patten's Greening and a few 

 scattering trees of different varieties. 



Plums : A very few trees bore a good crop in the lake regions 

 otherwise scant crop. 



H. G. V^ESTMAN'S BERRY FIELD. 

 From this two year old strawberry bed were gathered berries that brought 

 their owner a silver medal from the St. Louis V^orld's Fair. Practically the 

 only protection were the weeds. Query. — Wouldn't the bed have done better 

 without them? 



A few Concord grapes bore good crops, but they are limited in 

 number. 

 . Raspberries looked good but crop light. 



Strawberries did fairly well in some places, but crop averaged 

 light on account of poor pollination caused by excessive rains in 

 June. The Bederwood, Warfield and Senator Dunlap seem to be in 

 the majority. 



Currants and gooseberries are in fine shape. 



It is noticeable that very little is done in the line of spraying. 

 Some localities report no blight, others report blight bad but noth- 

 ing done to check it. In a few isolated instances, spraying has been 

 done with fine results. I find that a good many trees in the sandy 

 localities winter-killed, also strawberries and raspberries, even 



