MONTEVIDEO TRIAL, STATION. 2/1 



Viola cornuta, Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora, Syringa Emodi, 

 Philadelphus dianthaeflora, Spiraea tomentosa, besides several va- 

 rieties of the newer apple trees. 



PLEASANT MOUNDS TRIAL STATION. 



J. S. PARKS, SUPT, 



June 13, 1904. — The outlook for apples for this year and for the 

 half-hardy trees in our section hereafter is not very encouraging. 

 The past test winter and the previous summer, with scab affliction, 

 have nearly wiped out all the half-hardy and many of the hardier 

 kinds as well. We find the trees on our grounds that were the most 

 affected with leaf and fruit scab last year are dying in proportion 

 to the amount affected — Haas, Ben Davis, Canada Red, Bailey's 

 Sweet, Tallman Sweet, Snow and a score of other varieties ; and 

 a long list of seedlings are dead or dying in about the order named, 

 and in about the order or extent of scab on leaf last year — that 

 would seem to be the cause of the mortality of the trees. On the 

 other hand, some of the hardier trees, such as Duchess, Wealthy, 

 Hibernal, etc., in this vicinity are reported as dead. Most of the 

 cherry trees and young pear trees in this vicinity are killed. 



Small fruits nearly all wintered fairly well, with prospect of a 

 good crop of fruit. xA.pple crop will be very light. Duchess and 

 Wealthy and most crab hybrids have set fairly well, while many va- 

 rieties will not furnish a specimen. 



Native plums wintered well and now indicate a bountiful crop. 

 Some plum pockets and other blight, but not serious. No late frost 

 to interfere with blossoms or fruit, even the Aitkin plum, that blos- 

 soms so early and is apt to be caught by late frost, escaped this year 

 and is loaded with fruit. The nutbearing trees, such as black and 

 white walnut, hickory, etc., are setting full of fruit. Forest trees, 

 such as elm, soft maple and cottonwood, are now ripening a bountiful 

 crop of seeds. 



This season has been an ideal one for transplanting all kinds of 

 nursery stock and a large amount of planting has been done. 



We have been top-working a choice lot of plums on young native 

 stock with excellent success so far. The top-working of apples that 

 we have done for the last two years does not appear satisfactory at 

 this time. 



