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C. S. Harrison, York, Neb.: Seven kinds of new peonies, one 

 poppy, two phlox; seed of Pinus ponderosa, abies concolor. 



R. S. Peterson & Co., Chicago, 111.: Specimens of fifteen varie- 

 ties new, very hardy ornamental plants. 



W. E. Fryer, Mantorville, Minn.: Plants of Warfield straw- 

 berry. 



A. D. Barnes, Waupaca, Wis.: Berlin apple, Rose apple. 



From Arnold Arboretum, one barrel crab apples. 



Wm. Oxford, Freeburg, Minn. : A very fine plum of the Miner 

 type. Ripens by the middle of June. 



E. H. Fay & Son, Portland, N. Y.: Two Chatauqna climbing 

 currants. 



In addition to the receipts mentioned some nursery stock and 

 garden seeds of standard kinds have been purchased for general 

 planting. 



A portion of the garden which for several years has been used 

 for strawberries and vegetables was this year sown to clover to im- 

 prove the condition of the soil. We expect to break it up in the 

 autumn of 1902. 



The small fruit crop was fairly good, although somewhat short- 

 ened by the drouth of early summer. Strawberries were most 

 injured by the unfavorable weather. Plums were a fairly good crop, 

 and our orchard produced as much as could be expected for the 

 off year. The new apple orchard which was planted out two years 

 ago has done much better than we expected and is now in very nice 

 condition. The land between the trees is used for strawberries 

 and nursery crops. 



The seedling orchard planted seven >ears ago this year pro- 

 duced fruit for the first time on about twenty varieties, and of 

 these there were a large number of late keeping apples. These 

 seedlings were grown from the Duchess and Hibernal, hand pol- 

 linated with some of the hardiest, long-keeping sorts. This work 

 was done at the home of Andrew Peterson, at Waconia. The seed 

 was started in the greenhouse. 



Special attention has been paid the past year to the raising of 

 Pyrus baccata seedlings, and all the seed that could be obtained has 

 been planted, and from it we have raised about 12,000 seedlings, 

 which will be distributed to nurserymen and others for experiment 

 purposes the coming spring. 



About 20,000 plum seedlings have been raised. Those with the 

 most promising foliage, about 100 in number, have been selected 

 for fruiting, the rest will be sold for plum stocks. 



One hundred and fifty seedlings have been raised from the 

 Compass Cherry, and these show the foliage of the sand cherry and 

 the plum. 



