58 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
of extremely dry cold 40° below zero weather at one time, our hardy Minne- 
sota trees will come through all right. My observation is that newly set, 
well cultivated trees that made a good vigorous growth with well ripened 
wood, passed through the last winter in much better condition than those 
that were set in uncultivated ground and made little growth. They had the 
vitality in themselves to withstand the rigors of the winter. 
I do not think very much of the Longfield. It is subject to blight and is 
more tender than most of the Russians, though I would not discard it from 
the orchard, for it is an early bearer and very good in quality, though, 
doubtless, a short-lived tree. I am growing more in favor of the McMahon. 
I think it is hardier than the Kaump. 
Trees have blighted little the past summer about here; none at the 
station, except a few trees in the nursery rows of the Lowland Raspberry, 
Longfield, Whitney and Charlamoff. I have added a few varieties to the 
orchard this summer: Patten’s 102, Iowa Beauty and Compass Cherry. 
They are all doing well. The cherry is a vigorous grower. The North- 
western Greening has passed through three winters with me, and still looks 
well, with well ripened wood, and will stay with us if we have no more try- 
ing seasons for it than the past fourteen have been. 
My Prolific crab tree is holding its own well, though not fruiting as 
heavily this year as usual. Plum trees were loaded with fruit with the ex- 
ception of the Cheney, which with me has been an unprofitable bearer on 
account of the curculio and plum pockets. I will mention that while in some 
parts of the country apple trees suffered much from root-killing, here they 
were so well protected by snow there was no trouble from that cause. 
LA CRESCENT TRIAL STATION. 
J. S. HARRIS, SUPT. 
The last winter (1898-9) here was noted for its light snow fall, a number 
of extremely cold days and nights in February, following a warm period 
that had taken off the little snow that had previously fallen, and was in many 
localities disastrous to trees and plants, both through root-killing and injury 
to the tops. The trees generally entered the winter in good condition, with 
wood well-ripened and apparently with sufficient moisture in the soil to 
prevent injury to the roots. 
The larger portion (two-thirds) of the trees in this station are planted 
on land sloping towards the north and northeast, but a small portion (one- 
third), on land sloping south and southeast. With rare exceptions no injury 
occurred to the roots of trees on the northerly slopes and but little injury 
to the tops, and this was confined to a few named varieties and a considerable 
number of seedlings yet unnamed. The varieties perceptibly injured are 
Roman Stem, Sweet Pipka, Stepka, Miller’s Gennetin, Wolf River (slight- 
ly), Sklonka, one Boydonoff, (three Boydonoff unharmed), Repka from J. 
L. Budd, Dabold Seedling, Bates’ Sweet, Ratsburg, Walbridge, Haas and 
Giant Swaar. On the southerly slope several old trees of Duchess of Olden- 
burg were so badly injured in the roots that they have since died, and Whit- 
ney No. 20, McMahon, Munn, Red Astrachan, Walbridge and Haas were 
very seriously injured in the trunks and tops, and the Utter slightly; also the 
Fameuse and Wealthy were injured in the trunks, but not in the smaller 
branches. 
aoe 
