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that survived did not bloom, but the Florence, Early Strawberry, B. 

 Maid and Lyman's Prolific are now promising a good crop. Sev- 

 eral eastern varieties of apples and some of our Minnesota seedlings 

 are in rather bad shape, but I will reserve the details for the Decem- 

 ber report. 



Plum trees in low, wet lands show considerable injury, no va- 

 riety being exempt. The following varieties planted on well drained 

 land are carrying a good crop: Wyant, De Soto, Wolf (freestone), 

 Wolf (clingstone), Hawkeye, Stoddard, Forest Garden and many 

 seedlings. 



Norway spruce at Windom Trial Station. Set in spring of 1687. 



There are no plum pockets on the plum trees, and the curculio 

 does not appear to be doing much damage, but the plum rot de- 

 stroyed many of the blossoms. This rot is now working to some 

 extent on the short spurs. Varieties with Chickasaw or Japanese 

 blood in them seem to be more susceptible to this plum rot than 

 do the pure Americana varieties. 



We have a few trees of the Vladimir cherry, and they are now 

 carrying a small crop. 



