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Red Raspberries. The Loudon produced a 'fair crop. Two 

 new varieties were received from Rolla Stubbs, and have made 

 a good growth. 



Grapes and black raspberries and blackberries have been 

 practically abandoned except for family use. 



Prof. Green : How does the Compass cherry do with you ? 



Mr. Lord : The Compass plum ? Monilia affected them so 

 badly I dug them all up and burned them. 



Mr. Philips: What was the trouble? 



Mr. Lord : It was Monilia blight — or anything you want to 

 call it. It first kills the fruit spurs. They became afifected, and a 

 gum exuded all around the base until they were covered with 

 gum. Of course, that was after the plums were set. It produced 

 nothing of any consequence. I called Prof. Green's attention to 

 it, and he said he had seen nothing like it and could hardly say 

 what the difficulty was. The next year after they were affected 

 they blossomed full, and I thought they had recovered and would 

 bear a crop, but before the plums were of any size the trees were 

 dead clear to the ground. Prof. Green sent some of the twigs 

 to the Department of Agriculture at Washington and wanted 

 something said about it, but it did not do any good. 



MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 



LYCURGUS R. MOVER. 



The report rendered by this station in June was quite full and 

 leaves but little to add now. The season was quite unfavorable 

 for apples, very few being produced. On our own grounds we 

 had a few scattering specimens of Blushed Calville, Wealthy, Hi- 

 bernal, Duchess and Whitney. Plums were an entire failure. 

 There were a few cherries, Suda Hardy, Wragg and Ostheim do- 

 ing about equally well. We still have Bessarabian on its own 

 roots, but it never produces a^nything. 



Currants, gooseberries and raspberries produced a good crop. 

 We find the Columbian red raspberry to be one of the best. 

 Loudon is too hard for home use. We still depend on Golden 

 Queen for our main crop. 



The Russian apple trees from Ames have all been quite dis- 

 appointing 'with the exception of the Blushed Calville and the 

 Hibernal. They all seem to be hardy enough in tree but do not 

 produce much fruit. We look upon the Blushed Calville as the 

 best early summer apple, and upon the Hibernal as a great bearer 

 and the hardiest apple of any kind. There is no reason why it 

 should not be planted anywhere on the prairies of western Min- 



