92 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Currants one-half crop, gooseberries fair, plums and cherries a 

 heavy crop. Apple orchards where protected from winds produced 

 a fair crop. Blight in some orchards but not as bad as last year. 

 The trees came through the summer in excellent condition and made 

 a good growth. The Wealthy, Duchess, Longfield, University and 

 Hibernal are recommended for general planting, with the following 

 crab apples : Virginia, Whitney No. 20, Early Strawberry and 

 Florence." 



Long Lake reports "an increase of one-third or more above the 

 average crop of strawberries and raspberries. Currants light, black- 

 berries good. Plum crop short on account of cold winds and rain 

 in the spring; a light crop is reported. The following apples are 

 recommended : Wealthy, Duchess, Patten's Greening, Northwest 

 Greening and Longfield. Plums : Surprise, De Soto, Rockford 

 and Hawkeye." 



Eden Prairie reports "the best crop of strawberries for several 

 years. Raspberries were unusually good. Apples were plentiful 

 but considerably injured by black rot and mildew. Some of the 

 Wealthy and Charlamof trees were considerably blighted. The 

 plum crop was fair, but many of the trees were injured by lice, this 

 pest being worse than for many years. The De Soto and New Ulm 

 plums are spoken of very highly. The Flemish Beauty and Kieffer 

 pears did well. Spraying of trees is recommended. Many trees 

 considered doubtful stand our winter well ; among these are the 

 black walnut, shellbark hickory, sycamore or buttonwood, catalpa, 

 horse chestnut or buckeye, sweet chestnut. The white pine, hem- 

 lock, and spruce are not injured." 



Bloomington reports "a very good strawberry crop, only the dry 

 spell in June came just right to shorten the harvest. New beds 

 were better than old. A good apple crop, in fact the best ever raised 

 here. Peerless did well, the best in my orchard. The Wealthy 

 blighted too much to be named first. The Duchess were excellent. 

 The Itasca, Richland Beauty, Okabena were paying varieties. The 

 Charlemof, Wealthy and a few others blighted badly." 



Washburn reports "a fair fruit crop this year. Strawberries 

 set the finest I have ever seen, but the period of drouth just at the 

 fruiting season cut the quantity down over half. Raspberries gave 

 about two-thirds of a crop. Plums did not give a uniform yield, 

 some places bearing well and others none at all. From the orchards 

 heard from the Surprise did exceedingly well, bearing the finest of 

 plums. Severe blight is reported this season. The aphides were 

 very destructive both on apples and plums." 



The reports from this district show a marked increase in the 

 number of fruit trees planted in the past two years. The apple 

 growers are uniting in the belief that we must spray if we would 

 have good fruit. 



