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some varieties bore heavily. With me the Cheney, Forest Garden 

 and a yellow plum I brought from Dakota, bore heavily; these 

 three varieties the frost did not appear to have damaged. The 

 heavy bearing, I think, was due to the treatment the trees re- 

 ceived. Where the trees bore heavily they had been manured and 

 cultivated, or heavily mulched with straw and manure. Rolling- 

 stone, Wolf and Weaver appeared to be damaged the most by 

 frost. There are a great many other varieties growing, but I did 

 not see them fruiting this season to any extent. 



Raspberries were a fair crop this season, and with the good 

 price brought it made the successful berry grower happy. Loudon 

 is being planted quite extensively and is well liked. Turner is 

 grown to some extent, and we like it for the home. Cuthbert has 

 been our best yielder, where the canes were laid down and covered. 

 The blackcaps are not grown to any extent, as they require winter 

 protection. Columbia is doing well and is a great grower, but 

 is not much planted as yet. 



The strawberry crop was light, and the berries small but good 

 in quality. Bederwood, Warfield and Brandywine did well with us. 



Grapes were a fair crop and ripened well. 



Currants were a good crop, and with us the best varieties were 

 Stewart Seedling and North Star. 



Evergreens are being planted to some extent. Our farmers are 

 commencing to pay more attention to beautifying their homes. 

 Scotch pine, white spruce and red cedar seem to be the most de- 

 sirable varieties for our location. 



VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT, FIFTH CONG. DISTRICT. 



A. D. LEACH, EXCELSIOR. 



The fruit crop in this district, so far as I have able to learn by 

 observation and inquiry, was not up to the average. 



Raspberries were badly injured in some localities, from lack of 

 snow to cover the ground during the coldest part of the winter, 

 but prices were good, and most of the fruit growers with whom 

 I have talked had no complaint to make with the outcome of the 

 crop. 



Strawberries, as a whole, were a poor crop. Some were injured 

 by the winter, and all were injured more or less by the late cold 

 spell in the spring. In most cases the crop was a failure so far 

 as profits to the grower were concerned. There were some excep- 

 tions in verv favorable localities; one that come under my obser- 



