48 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Cuthberts were badly injured but bore a half crop. Blackberries 

 promised a good crop but were injured by drouth. Best variety 

 as usual was Ancient Briton. 



Grapes yielded a fair crop of good quality, the best varieties 

 being Worden, Moore's Early, Brighton, Niagara and Concord. 

 Campbell's Early came into bearing for the first time, and I am 

 well pleased with it. Delawares were poor. Concord proved best 

 seller in large quantities. 



During past few years the orchard has suffered for want of 

 pruning and thinning on account of the poor health of the former 

 superintendent. Considerable work has lately been done in this 

 line, notably in the removal of every alternate tree in the Russian 

 orchard and thinning out the remainder, and an improvement in 

 quality of fruit is expected and will be reported on at the next an- 

 nual meeting. 



MINNESOTA CITY TRIAL STATION. 



O. M. LORD, SUPT. 



Spring setting of apple trees not before tested here : 



From W. S. Widmoyer, 2 M Cross, 1 Beecher's Sweet, 2 Rol- 

 lin's Prolific, 2 Rollin's Pippen, 2 Windsor Chief, 2 Sops of Wine. 



From C. G. Patten. — 1 Patten Greening, 1 B. T. Sweet, 1 Briar 

 Sweet No. 2. 



From Cowles. — 2 Meader's Winter. 



From Wilfert. — Scions of Wilfert apple, Emily cherry and Wil- 

 fert plum. 



Two scions from Bates, of Stein's winter apple seedling. 



From State Experiment Station. — 1 McPike grape, 25 Rath- 

 bone blackberry, 25 Pyrus baccata, 6 Russian olive, 10 Abies con- 

 color. 



With two or three exceptions these are growing and doing well. 



The bearing apple trees at this station bore little fruit this year. 

 There was, however, a fair crop of Repka Malenka, Walbridge, 

 Northwestern Greening and Longfield; and also Virginia and 

 Shield's crabs. Some young trees, seedlings of the Wealthy, bore 

 very well. The Wealthy, Golden Russett, Fameuse, Hibernal, 

 Duchess, Peerless and others had no fruit worthy of mention. 



Plums — There are of bearing age nearly 100 varieties, fifty of 

 which bore well this year, though some kinds were hurt by drouth. 

 Among the new kinds bearing for the first time this year the 

 Ames' Hybrid gives most promise. 



Cherries were a good crop, the Wragg yielding the most and 

 best fruit. 



