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winds of both summer and winter appears to be a most necessary 

 prerequisite for the successful culture of the apple in this climate. 



There is much to be said along this line, but it may be out of 

 place in this article, which is only intended to describe what is doing 

 in apple culture in a region generally thought to be most unfavor- 

 ably situated for this industry. It was certainly a great surprise to 

 the writer to find there such unexpected and favorable results. It 

 must not be inferred from the encouraging facts noted above that the 

 future of apple growing in the region referred to is assured. Far 

 from it ! Those who plant this fruit there must do it with caution 

 and be prepared for probable failure, at least until the conditions are 

 more fully studied, understood and applied. But the outlook is cer- 

 tainly hopeful and the probabilities of success strong enough to war- 

 rant the most persistent and careful effort. In the meantime if the 

 reader is interested in this work, let him not fail to become and con- 

 tinue a member of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society and get 

 the great advantage of the experience and counsel of its large and 

 practical membership, who are all in a sense also experimenters. 



LESSON FROM MINNESOTA FRUIT EXHIBITS. 



OLIVER GIBBS. MINNEAPOLIS. 



I have analyzed the report of the fruit exhibit at the Minnesota 

 State Fair of 1901, as given in the October Horticulturist, and find 

 some interesting facts and figures, which are herewith furnished, 

 together with a comparison or two with former records : 



State Fair Fruit Exhibits, 1901 — 



Nurserymen exhibiting 10 



B'armers and amateurs exhibiting 44 



Total number of exhibitors 54 



Number of named varieties of apples 290 



Number of named varieties of crabs and hybrids 41 



• 331 



Number of named varieties of native plums 91 



Number of named varieties of domestica and Japan 



plums 21 



Percentage of crabs and hybrids to all apples, about. . . 123/2 

 Number of plates of fruit — 



Apples, including crabs and hybrids 2,364 



Plums 5 J 5 



Grapes 454 



Peaches and pears 15 



." 3.348 



I do not find a list of the varieties of grapes exhibited. 



