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have they been especially productive. With one variety, how- 

 ever, the fruit is large and of good quality. 



Of raspberries, the Loudon and King have been the most 

 profitable of the older sorts, but the Columbian probably pro- 

 duced the largest yield. The fruit, however, is so dark in color 

 that it does not sell readily. The Minnesota Iron Clad rasp- 

 berry, which originated with F. J. Empenger, of Maple Plain, is a 

 variety that seems to have much merit. It is productive, and the 

 fruit is large, and of a bright red in color and firm, and it seems 

 to be well worthy of trial. Haymaker and Cardinal are two new 

 varieties that we have fruited for two years, but they are purplish 

 in color and in no way as good as the Columbian, so that we shall 



discard them. 



Our strawberries produced a fairly good crop, but the plants 

 were a little too thick in the row for best results. Senator Dun- 

 lap was the most productive of all the varieties grown and is well 

 worthy of trial by all strawberry growers. Jewett seedling is 

 rather too light colored to be popular in the market, but it is 

 exceedingly productive. Our earliest productive sort was John- 

 son's Early, which at the station has done exceedingly well, but 

 reports from other places seem to indicate that it is very variable. 



Our seedling high bush cranberries also fruited heavily. 



The forest garden, which has been planted some fourteen 

 years, is now full of interesting object lessons. It contains over 

 forty species and varieties of trees, a part of which are grown 

 under forest conditions. 



The care of the lawns the past season has been light as re- 

 gards watering but unusually heavy as regards grass cutting, 

 owing to the abundant rains. Some little addition has been made 

 to our lawn planting, and it is our intention to make this work 

 prominent, as it seems to be of very general interest. The fea- 

 ture of having the trees and shrubs on the lawns labeled with 

 their botanical and common names seems to meet with general 

 approval by many persons who visit our grounds. 



Among the new plants that I would especially call attention 

 to is the new Cut-Leaf Elder, which is entirely different from 

 the old form and seems to be hardy and much more graceful in 

 habit. It is a form of the Sambucus nigra. The Euonymus 

 received by this division in an importation from Russia some 

 years ago fruits much heavier than our native sorts and should 

 be generally recommended for planting. I am inclined to think, 

 however, that it is nothing more than the common European 

 form. Clematis paniculata is a vine that is standing well with 



