46 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



In Pipestone county the heavy frosts in June killed nearly all 

 the fruit, and in IMurray county the frosts and hailstorm badly dam- 

 aged what little they had. Nobles county had some apples, a few 

 plums and other small fruits light. Lyon county had fruit on the 

 river bottoms, but very little on the open prairie. 



In Winnebago City and surrounding territory, all kinds of fruit 

 were almost a failure, owing to a severe hailstorm in June, just 

 before strawberries were ripe. 



At Blue Earth City, and in Martin county, the crop was fair but 

 generally not heavy. In Cottonwood county, Mr. Dewain Cook 

 writes, "Strawberries, a light crop ; wh}-, I cannot tell. Everything 

 seemed favorable, but it was wet and hot, and the berries scalded ; 

 then it was wet and cold, and they would not grow. I think the 

 bloom was poorly fertilized. Plums were poor, although Wolf and 

 Hawkeye gave us quite a bit of fruit. Apples were very good ; more 

 raised in the county than ever before." 



At Slayton very little fruit is raised. Mr. Terry has here a new 

 seedling apple tree that he has named "Roosevelt," because it is 

 always on hand. If he has not misiiauicS it he has something that 

 will make itself known. 



VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT, THIRD CONG. DIST. 



MRS. A. A. KENNEDY, HUTCHINSON. 



\^ery few apples ; plums all a failure on account, as I suppose, 

 of so much east wind at the time they were in bloom. Grapes were 

 a light crop, strawberries fair ; red raspberry canes were so diseased 

 they were almost a failure. Gooseberries and currants were no ex- 

 ception to the general rule. Hyslop and Transcendent blighted badly, 

 many young trees being killed outright, and it looks doubtful 

 whether some of the older ones will be alive in the spring. 



Taking it altogether it has been a hard year for fruit growers in 

 this district as far as I have been able to learn by corresponding with 

 fruit growers. 



In my yard the Hibernal and Okabena blighted a little. 



A recent letter from J. S. Jerabek, of Silver Lake, says : 



"In this locality some of the crabs blighted badly. Hyslop and 

 Transcendent were the worst. Apple trees of standard varieties as 

 recommended by our society did not blight much except the 

 Wealthy, which variety bore the best crop of apples. The apple 

 trees that had tall trees standing near them on north or northeast 

 blighted worst. 



"I want to mention one nice tree which I planted six years ago 

 (Virginia) twelve feet south of row of Lombardy poplars, which 

 bark blighted nearly to death." 



