48 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Fruit list recommended for this district : 

 Apples : Wealthy, Patten Greening, Okabena. 

 Crabs and Hybrids: Early Strawberry, Virginia, Whitney No. 

 20, Dartt's Hybrid, Minnesota. 



Plums: Cheney, Forest Garden, Desoto, Wyant, Surprise. 



Cherries : Compass, Homer. 



Raspberries : Loudon, Turner, Cuthbert. 



Black Caps: Ohio, Gregg. 



Blackberries: Ancient Briton, Snyder. 



Currants: Stewart Seedling, North Star. 



VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT, FIFTH CONG. DIST 



A. D. I.EACH, EXCELSIOR. 



The fruit crop in the fifth district for 1902 on the whole was a 

 fairly good one, and most of the horticulturists I have talked with 

 do not complain of prices received in the markets. Nevertheless 

 there were drawbacks in some lines. 



The blight was uncommonly b^d in nearly all the orchards of 

 the district, worse than it has been in many years. In my own 

 orchard I lost six young trees killed outright with blight, two 

 Peter, two Sweet Russett, one Wolf River and one Longfield. 

 Many kinds blighted this year that had never shown any blight 

 before. The Wealthy was the first to show blight, about the middle 

 of June ; soon after the Transcendent crab and Longfield com- 

 menced ; then the Peter, Hibernal and Wolf River. Out of fifty 

 odd varieties which I have in orchard more than one-half showed 

 some blight this year. Nevertheless my trees set and ripened a 

 good crop of fine apples. All of the orchards I visited showed 

 some blight, but none worse than my own. 



The hail did some serious damage to fruit in many localities in 

 this district, especially to apples and grapes. It was worse where 

 it struck than the blight, totally ruining much of the fruit for 

 market. 



Grapes suffered some from mildew, owing to the wet and cold 

 season, and did not ripen up good. The quality was poor, and con- 

 sequently the prices were low. 



The strawberry crop was good through this district, and prices 

 satisfactory, and the vines are in fine condition for a good crop 

 next year. 



Red raspberries were a good crop, and prices were satisfactory. 

 The Loudon is the leading market berry, though many Marlboro 

 are grown here. They sell well, but to my taste are of poor quality. 

 Black raspberries and blackberries were a good crop generally, and 

 prices fair. 



