136 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PLEASANT MOUNDS TRIAL STATION. 



J. S. PARKS, SUPT. 



Blight at the Pleasant Mounds station has caused more in- 

 jury to apple trees than in any previous year, very few^ varieties 

 escaping entirely. ' 



Insect pests are increasing. The codling moth is doing much 

 damage to our apples, and curculio to plums. The bark louse is 

 increasing rapidly. 



A fair crop of apples was secured but very few plums, Pota- 

 wattamie, Aitkin and Weaver yielding the most fruit among 

 thirty varieties. 



Of small fruits but few varieties are being tested. A new 

 strawberry, called Hynson, that originated near Mankato, has 



Forty-five varieties keeping all right in Mr. Parks' cellar at the time the above picture 

 was taken, February 15th. The names of those in the lower row are as follows: 



15. No name— long keeper. 



been tried three years, beside several of the old sorts, and found 

 valuable. 



Among our seedling apples that have fruited we find many 

 long keeping specimens, but they are mostly small, and few have 

 enough good qualities to recommend them to public notice. We 

 have enough fairly good varieties now ; what we want is some- 

 thing better in every way — combined in the one fruit — and that 

 is sure to come under our progressive system. 



We secured scions last spring from northern New York, 

 Canada and Nova Scotia and top-worked them on bearing trees, 

 with varied success. Nearly all grafted on Virginia crab and 

 Hibernal lived and made fine growth, while those on Whitney, 



