58 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



University tree hardy, free from blij^ht, fruit about the size 

 and season of Patten's Greening. 



Strawberries bore a very good crop. I picked 10,000 quarts. 

 I lost about 2,000 quarts by rain. I like the following varieties, 

 in the order as I name them : Warfield, Senator Dunlap, 

 Lovett's, Splendid, Bederwood, Enhance and Crescent. I have 

 been testing Rough Rider, Nic Ohmer, Plow City and Aroma, 

 but these I shall discard as they are not productive enough on 

 my grounds. 



Raspberries. The crop was very poor. The canes made a 

 poor growth in 1902, but this year they have made a splendid 

 growth. I look for a good crop next year. 



Grapes did not do well this year, as it was too wet and cold. 

 Varieties fruited are Moore's Early, Concord, Worden and 

 Campbell's Early. The latter fruited for the first time. I be- 

 lieve this to be a good market grape, though the skin is a little 

 tough, making it a good shipper. Quality good. 



WINDOM TRIAL STATION, ANNUAL REPORT. 



DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 



The season just past may be noted as being the wettest since 

 the settlement of the country, very little farm crops of any kind, 

 except grass, being raised in this vicinity owing to the excessive 

 and continuous rainfall. 



Of the tree fruits the plum suffered the most. At the time 

 they were in bloom we had most of the time sunshine during 

 the daytime, but it rained hard about every night. We thought 

 it was favorable weather for the fertilization of the blossoms, 

 but suddenly the bloom began to wilt, much of it drying up and 

 hanging on the trees most of the summer ; some of it still cling- 

 ing to the branches at the time this report is being written. 



This blossom blight was not confined to any particular va- 

 riety but took most everything. The varieties that were the least 

 injured were Rockford, Hawkeye, Stoddard, Rollingstone, Wyant 

 and some seedlings. The varieties most injured by this blossom 

 and spur blight were Weaver, Surprise, Compass, Harrison's 

 Peach and all sand cherries — the buffalo berries went the same 

 way — so many of the fruit spurs being dead on my trees that I 

 do not expect much of a crop of plums next season. 



The strawberry gave us a big crop, everything except the 

 Brandywine apparently doing its best. 



