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came into bearing and appears to be very promising. Yield and 

 quality of fruit ahead of either Gregg or Nemaha and apparently 

 hardier than either. The cherry crop hardly sufficient to give the 

 birds a taste. 



Currants bore a good crop, but the bushes were badly stripped 

 of foliage by worms. The vineyard looked like a cemetery till the 

 middle of May, but did finally come to life, except the Brightons, 

 which were killed to the ground. Campbell's Early was also so bad- 

 ly injured that no fruit will mature this season. Only a small crop 

 was expected, and less will be harvested, as grape rot has put in 

 appearance with disastrous effect. 



MINNESOTA CITY TRIAL STATION. 



O. M. LORD, SUPT. 



The winter being mild, all fruits apparently wintered in good 

 condition. The month of March was unusually dry and warm, caus- 

 ing buds to start on some varieties, which were injured or killed by 

 the cold in April or May. Soft maple and cottonwood trees were 

 particularly affected, so as to produce no blossoms. Also some ap- 

 ple, cherry and plum trees bloomed profusely, but the blossoms were 

 remarkably deficient in pollen. Whether this was caused by the 

 weather conditions referred to or from having produced a large 

 crop last year, or from some other cause, it is difficult to say. What 

 little pollen there was the rain and high wind effectually destroyed 

 before maturity. Wealthy, Longfield, Hibernal and Duchess apples 

 now promise a good crop. 



The strawberry crop, where uninjured by hail, has been a fair 

 one. For some unknown reason the Wm. Belt and Bederwood, 

 though very large and fine last season, have rusted so as to be of no 

 value this year, though placed in alternate rows with Warfield, 

 Brandywine, Dayton, Mary and others, that were not affected. 



Currants are a full crop. Black and red raspberry canes are 

 drying up. with shriveled fruit, but the young canes are making a 

 heavy growth. It is generally believed that raspberry canes were 

 injured by the drouth last year. 



The season has been very favorable for all newly set trees and 

 plants, but blight upon the apple trees is much more prevalent than 

 last year. Several varieties of apples and plums not heretofore tried 

 here have been top grafted into bearing trees, and the scions set 

 have made a heavy growth. 



