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The most important find in the way of mature fruit trees was in 

 Crookston itself, on a steep northeast slope of the bank of the Red 

 Lake River, flowing through the heart of town, on the place of a 

 Mr. B. Sampson. There were a number of apple trees growing on 

 this place, of varieties with which neither Mr. Hoverstad, in whose 

 company I visited this orchard, nor myself were familiar, and hence 

 probably not as hardy as the varieties previously named. These 

 trees seemed to be very hardy, and some of them I might say were 

 entirely so, although they were not large for their age, and Mr. 





A VIEW IN ORCHARD OF MR. BERNARD SAMPSON, IN CITY OF CROOKSTON. 



Sampson informed us they had been planted there more than twen- 

 ty years. In common with other apple trees of the valley they were 

 not bearing much fruit this year, but in previous years had been us- 

 ually productive. 



The presence of these healthy apple trees at these different 

 points in the valley, and of varying ages, growing under what seem- 

 ed quite different circumstances, would seem to point with consid- 

 erable certainty to the probability of successful apple tree culture 

 in that region under certain conditions. Besides these special in- 

 stances noted, the writer saw many other healthy trees, mostly 

 younger, however, and not so especially notable. While the loca- 

 tions of these orchards are in many respects radically different, there 

 were common conditions that seemed to hold vital relation to their 



