SAUK RAPIDS TRIAL STATION. 57 



SAUK RAPIDS TRIAL STATION. 



MRS. JENNIE STAGER, SUPT. 



Although we had a very dry spring, our strawberries being 

 heavily mulched bore exceedingly well; raspberries not as well as 

 usual ; currants a small crop; and gooseberries a large one, although 

 the fruit was not as large as usual. We had very few plums and few 

 apples. We lost most of the seedling evergreens planted this 

 spring, but with few exceptions all other ornamental and fruit trees 

 came through all right. The season of growth was short, and 

 whether they have matured enough to go through the winter even 

 with a heavy mulch remains to be seen. 



VIOLA TRIAL STATION. 



WM. SOMERVII^E, SUPT. 



I have been experimenting with fruit trees in Minnesota for the 

 last forty years. As fruit growing was an experiment to within 

 the last few years, so I bought almost every variety that came along, 

 and I have more than 100 varieties, more than I wish I had. This 

 year we had a small crop, yet very good for an off year; perhaps 

 five or six hundred bushels. Many of our trees were heavily 

 loaded, and many had few or none. The Hibernal, Longfield and 

 Duchess seedling No. 8 had heavy crops; the Duchess, Wealthy 

 and all the Thompson seedlings, of which I have ten varieties, all 

 bore a reasonable crop. They have come to stay with me. We 

 had a ready sale for all we grew for seventy-five cents to $i per 

 bushel. 



Our small fruits had a fair crop. Plums very good. Raspber- 

 ries were very good, especially the Schaffer. Our grapes were 

 almost an entire failure. An average crop of cherries of the M or- 

 ello and Earlv Richmond. 



WINDOM TRIAL STATION. 



DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 



The winter of 1900- 1 was unusually mild, the coldest being only 

 16 degrees below zero. Early snows drifted in among our trees 

 and shrubbery, continuing there during the winter; consequently 

 no root-killing to trees occurred. 



The following stock was received at this station the past spring 

 and except where noted has done very well: 



From Andrew Wilfert. — Some scions of the Wilfert apple. 



