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size ; will give it another year's trial. Nic Ohmer is not produc- 

 tive enough. I have found no berries to equal the Warfield, 

 Lovett, Splendid and Enhance for dollars and cents. 



The raspberry crop was a failure here this year. The varieties 

 that do the best are Loudon, Older and Shaffers. 



Apples were not a very good crop in my locality. Blight 

 seemed to be quite bad, especially in the old orchards. The va- 

 rieties that were affected most on my grounds are Yellow 

 Transparent, Hyslop and Wolf River. Peerless seems to hold 

 its record as blight-proof and perfectly hardy, but a little shy in 

 bearing. Longfield and Patten Greening blighted some. 



After three years' trial Compass cherry has proved hardy and 

 very prolific. 



I have been testing Kieffer pear for three years without any 

 winter protection, and it has killed back but little. 



WINDOM TRIAL STATION. 



DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 



Fruit trees of all the kinds grown here came through the 

 winter in good condition. The month of April was unusually 

 dry, and it was during this month that we experienced two of the 

 worst blizzards of drifting soil ever known in this locality. 

 Some strawberry patches were damaged by being covered by 

 the drifted earth ; otherwise no damage to our horticultural interests 

 was noticeable. 



About the first of May, just as our plum trees began to bloom, 

 rain set in and continued with only an occasional ray of sun- 

 shine all through the blooming period of that fruit ; in fact, there 

 was more rain than any need of until the ground froze up in No- 

 vember. As a result our plum crop was very light, and many 

 varieties were smaller than usual ; but the Hawkeye was extra 

 large, as was also the Forest Garden. We only had a few trees 

 of those varieties. The variety which gave us the most bushels 

 of fine fruit was the freestone Wolf. Taking one year with an- 

 other, this variety produces more fruit than either the Wyant 01 

 the Desoto, and being such a good seller I am inclined to place 

 it at the head of the list, at least for commercial purposes. The 

 Forest Garden I do not recommend except in a very limited way. 



The Odegard plum, which originated at Brookings, S. D., has 

 some of the characteristics of the Nigra class. We have fruited 



