122 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Now, about the quality of the fruit. We do not claim it is equal 

 to the Duchess as a cooker or the Wealthy as a dessert apple, but it 

 is superior to much of the southern fruit, which costs about $3.50 per 

 barrel this year — and "out of sight" when compared with no 

 apples. My children and those of our neighborhood are not such 

 critical judges of apples as our fruit committees. When my boys 

 come from the cellar with pockets filled and a choice, red-cheeked 

 Malinda apple in each hand, and I ask them if they are good, they 

 reply, " you are just right, good enough for us." 



After serving Malinda apples, baked in one of those old fashioned 

 stone bean pots, I ask my company how ^lie^like the fruit. " Oh, it is 

 delicious ! Where do you get such nice baking apples?" We grow 

 them. I am making no attempt to boom the Malinda, have no stock 

 or fruit to sell. In fact, trees, true to name, are very scarce. 



I would advise top-working this variety, as well as all other half- 

 hardy sorts, on some hardy stocks you may have in the orchard. 



We need more home-grown, long-keeping apples on our Minnesota 

 farms. Why not try the Malinda with other promising varieties,, 

 like the Repka Malenka, Cross 413, etc. 



PLANTING THE BLACKCAP RASPBERRY. 



DEWAIN COOK, WINDOM. 



Owing to the ravages of that dread disease, anthracnose, I have- 

 quit growing the blackcap raspberry for market, growing only a 

 few for experimental purposes and, consequently, have little enthu- 

 siasm to put into the subject. 



On the windy prairie it will not do to plant them on any piece of 

 land that we happen to have handy; they must have protection from 

 the winds. I believe it were better not to plant them at all than to 

 put them where the wind has full sweep. 



First, a piece of land is supposed to be ready in a sheltered locality 

 and marked out in rows one way eight feet apart. If the plants 

 have come from a distance, early planting is best, and from three to 

 four feet in the row I think about right. If cut worms are very thick, 

 I believe the plants should be set still nearer in the row. Care must 

 be taken to have the roots set as deep as possible so the plant will 

 not dry out before growth begins, and always press the earth firmly 

 about the roots, yet leaving only a light covering over the crown. 



If we are growing our own plants I think it best to defer planting 

 until the plants have made from two to six inches growth ; then 

 have the land freshly prepared and take out a shovelful of earth at 

 every place a plant is to be set. Then, dig the plants as they are 

 wanted to be used, taking pains to leave all of the earth possible 

 attached to the roots, and carry them in baskets or otherwise to 

 where they are wanted and set a plant in each of the holes that has 

 been dug. This way the plants may be set deeper, as there is little 

 danger of smothering them, and there is greater certainty of getting; 

 a full stand th^n by the way of planting before growth begins. 



