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much. I think that cherries are going to do well and am encouraged to 
plant more of them. I set several thousand apple grafts and other varieties 
early in April. They started to grow nicely till the 2oth of May. We did 
not have any rain from then until July 4th, consequently the grafts all died. 
Several thousand grafted trees, two years old, made a fine growth, running 
from five to. six feet in two years. A very small per cent died from winter- 
killing. Rabbits did not bother fruit trees any last winter, one reason be- 
ing because there was a very small amount of snow fell, so they could find 
plenty of forage. 
The strawberry crop was cut short by drouth. The vines were loaded 
down with green berries and blossoms, but where we ought to have had 
200 cases we got only twelve. 
Raspberries were also damaged by drouth. We did not have as many 
berries as last year, but nearly made up the differences to us by receiving 
better prices. The Minnetonka Fruit Growers’ Association sold $13,000 
worth of raspberries, and there should have been $5,000 or $6,000 worth of 
strawberries. 
I would like to call your attention to a raspberry called the ‘“‘Shipper’s 
Pride,” originated in this county. It has been fruited now ten years, having 
no protection and not covered any winter and has never winter-killed. The 
berry in size and color is equal to the Marlboro and superior in flavor. 
I have been watching the habits of this fruit for three years past. Last 
winter was a hard winter on small fruit, but the very tip bud of Shipper’s 
Pride came out nice and green. The vines have never been put on the 
market until last spring. They commence to ripen June 27th, and are 
shipped from then until September roth. They yielded $700: worth of fruit 
per year from three acres the last two years. I think they pick as easily as 
Marlboro and stand well to be shipped after having been ripe two days, 
which is a good quality in them. If they do as well in other localities as 
in this, there will be a great many acres set out. I can fully recommend 
this raspberry to be the best ever introduced that I have known of, as they 
save so much labor by not having to lay them down in winter or take up 
in spring. 
Currants were a good crop this past season, but were bothered some 
with currant worm. One time spraying was all they required. Victoria 
are doing the best out of five varieties that I have. 
Frozen Onions.—Unless the onions are frozen too hard they will come 
out all right if they are not moved at all, and covered with a few inches of 
fine hay. The onions may remain slightly frozen all winter and gradually 
will thaw out toward spring without loss. Alternate freezing and thawing 
is what spoils them. The conditions best suited for wintering onions are 
similar to those required for potatoes, although onions will stand a lower 
temperature than potatoes. Onions should be kept in a dry place with a 
temperature as near the freezing point as possible, without falling much 
below it, and not higher than 4o degrees. The red and yellow sorts are as 
a rule better keepers than the white kinds. In tight barrels headed up they 
are quite likely to spoil, and to spread them on an earth cellar floor will 
have much the same effect. 
