MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 273 



MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 



L. R. MOYER, SUPT. 



The winter in western Minnesota was very severe, with scarcely 

 any snowfall. Some snow fell in March, but it melted soon after- 

 ward and formed pools of water among the tree plantations. A 

 sharp frost followed, and where the pools of water stood much 

 damage was done to the trees, shrubs and even the grass. 



THE FRUIT GARDEN. 



Plums. — Among the plum trees, Cheney came through in good 

 condition and is setting a good crop of plums, although some plum 

 pocket has appeared. The Ocheeda plums are all dead. The 

 Weaver is dead. The Stoddard is dead. New Ulm is in good con- 

 dition but is setting no fruit. Biksby plum is looking well and 

 setting fruit. Surprise plum is looking well but is not fruiting. 

 The Hunt plum is dead. Forest Garden plum is much injured, 

 Owatonna plum is looking well and setting a heavy crop of fruit. 

 Harrison Peach plum was killed back but is starting vigorously. 

 Rollingstone is thrifty and vigorous but too young to fruit. Iron- 

 clad plum is killed to the ground. De Soto plum is looking fine 

 and fruiting. Alley plum is badly injured. The Wyant is killed on 

 black prairie ground but is looking well on the hillside. Rockford 

 pluim is looking well and fruiting heavily. Knudson's Peach plum 

 is in fine condition and fruiting heavily. The Wolf plum is fruiting 

 and looking well. Marmika plum (Russian) is badly injured. Nine- 

 teen Orel and Twenty Orel are both badly injured. 



Apples. — No. 307 Iowa Agricultural College, one tree killed, the 

 other looking well. Hibernal, all trees in excellent condition. Oka- 

 bena, top-killed but starting vigorously from the root. Anisette, in 

 perfect condition, not fruiting. No. 242 Iowa Agricultural College, 

 looking fairly well but not fruiting. 4M, looking well, not fruiting. 

 Greenwood crab, badly injured but setting fruit. Peerless, one tree 

 injured and not fruiting, one tree looking well. Gideon 39, dead. 

 Virginia, one tree looking well, one well established tree dead. 

 Martha, dying. Whitney, all trees looking well, some fruiting. 

 Sweet Russet, one tree injured, one looking well. Cinnamon Pine, 

 top dead but starting vigorously from root. Pride of Minneapolis, 

 looking well. Borovinka, dead. Patten's Greening, dead. Flor- 

 ence, dead. Transcendant, one tree winter-killed, others in good 

 condition. No. 984 Iowa Agricultural College, looking well but not 

 fruiting. Charlemoff, dead. Hyslop, uninjured, fruiting heavily, 

 blighting. Volga Anis, looking well, not fruiting. Un-named tree 

 from Mr. Brand, in fine condition. 22M, Blushed Calville, fine condi- 

 tion, not fruiting. Simbrisk No. 1, looking well, not fruiting, shows 

 a little blight. Wealthy, uninjured, fruiting. No. 987 Iowa Agricul- 

 tural College, good condition, not fruiting. Tonka, badly injured. 

 Power's crab, looking well, fruiting. Gideon (Storrs & Harrison), 

 looking well, fruiting. No. 332 Iowa Agricultural College, looking 

 well but not fruiting. 



Cherries.— Bessarabian cherry, several trees looking well, some 

 trees injured. Wragg, one tree injured, one looking well. Suda 

 Hardy, looking well. Oatheim, looking well. 



