FRUIT LIST. 25 



BlvACKBERRIES. 



Ancient Briton, Snyder, Badger. 



CURRANTS. 



Red Dutch, White Grape, Victoria, Stewart, Long Bunch Hol- 

 land, North Star. 



GOOSEBERRIES. 



Houghton, Downing, Champion. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Perfect varieties : Bederwood, Enhance, Lovett, Splendid, Mary, 

 Clyde. 



Imperfect varieties : Crescent, Warfield, Haverland. 



NATIVE FRUITS. 



Valuable for trial : Dwarf Juneberry, Sand Cherry, Buffalo 

 Berry. 



CLARENCE WEDGE, 

 SAMUEL B. GREEN, 

 J. P. ANDREWS, 



Committee. 



Prof. C. B. Waldron (N. D.) : If I were to extend the list of 

 strawberries I would include the Senator Dunlap. We picked 24^ 

 quarts from twenty-four plants. The Wm. Belt stood second to the 

 Senator Dunlap strawberry. The Cardinal purple raspberry is bet-, 

 ter than any other purple raspberry. 



Mr. Elliot : Do you consider the Nelson apple in southwest- 

 ern Minnesota as valuable ? We have instances where that apple 

 proved very profitable. 



Mr. Wedge : We have not considered it very fully. We have 

 classed it in the list with the Okabena. It is one of those varieties 

 that resemble the Duchess; it will sell for the Duchess. I scarcely 

 think we have room for both varieties. 



Mr. Elliot : In regard to the Lyman's Prolific, why do you 

 put that in the trial stage when we have it so abundantly grown in 

 many instances. That tree is a record breaker. This year the 

 old tree produced eight barrels, that sold for $40, and a long trial 

 has shown it a wonderful bearer. I move that the Lyman's Prolific 

 be put upon the list for general cultivation. It is much better than 

 the Transcendent for profit. 



Mr. I. W. Wood : I would like to say a word about that apple. 

 On my fruit farm at Long Lake I had a piece of ground sloping 

 to the south. It was so steep that I could not drive across it. I 

 went over to see Mr. Lyman in 1898 and told him I was going 

 to ruin the reputation of that tree. I bought fifty trees, took them 

 home and planted them in that ground, where all the old ground 

 and substance had been washed away. I planted fifty trees, and 

 all but one are alive today, and that one was killed by building a 

 fire too close to it. If any one in this state has a nicer looking 

 orchard I would like to see it. 



