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Blackberries: Ancient Briton, Snyder. 



Currants: Red Dutch, White Grape, Victoria, Stewart, Long: Bunch Hol- 

 land, North Star. 



Gooseberries: Houghton, Downing. 



Strawberries: Pistillate— Crescent, W'arfield. Princess, Haverland. Stam- 

 mate — Bederwood, Splendid, Branflywine, Clyde. 



Native fruits valuable in certain localities: Dwarf Juneberry, Sand Cherry. 



VICE-PRESIDENT'S REPORT, THIRD CONG. DIST. 



MRS. A. A. KENNEDY, HUTCHINSON. 



The crop of crab apples was immense. I never saw trees so 

 heavily laden. In my garden I have Okabena, Hibernal, Borovinka, 

 Stoddard, Wealthy, Patten's Greening, Peerless, Duchess, Sweet 

 Russet and Tonka crab. They were all set four years ago, except 

 the Peerless, which I got eight years ago. I transplanted them once 

 on the farm, and when we moved to Hutchinson took them up again. 

 They bore last year for the first time, and one tree had seven apples. 

 This year two of the seven trees bore a few, but the wind blew them 

 nearly all off. They are making a good growth — bark smooth and 

 show no signs of blight. My Okabena bore this year ; the tree, 

 hanging full of fruit, was a lovely sight to behold. Wealthy is the 

 only one that has blighted. These trees are growing on a southern 

 slope, look well, healthy and are making a splendid growth in spite 

 of predictions to the contrary. Plum trees on the same slope are 

 looking fine. We set three Surprise plum trees this last spring. All 

 lived and made an exceedingly good growth, while Mr. Taylor 

 lost nearly all of his on account of the drouth. The water from a 

 flowing well carried ours through all right. 



Mr. W. W. Pendergast has 450 apple trees in orchard, forty - 

 nine in bearing. Early Strawberry, Volga Cross, Whitney No. 20. 

 Red Anis and Wealthy blighted a little. Two Bessemianka pears 

 are standing side by side: one blighted, the other did not. They 

 were set seven years next spring. The kinds of apples he consid- 

 ers the healthiest and strongest growers are as follows : Hibernal, 

 North Star, Volga Cross, Duchess, Wealthy, Okabena, Peerless, 

 Charlamoff. Out of twenty-five hybrids, he designates these three 

 as the very best : Whitney, No. 20, Sweet Russet, Early Strawberry ; 

 the latter very good for just two days. 



Plums, 100 in number; twenty-five kinds. He v/ould put 

 Cheney at the head of the list, though on his soil it pockets ; Rolling- 

 stone, 2nd; Wolf, 3rd; Aitkin, 4th; Cottrell, 5th; Odegaard, 6th; 

 Wyant, 7th ; Hawkeye, 8th ; Wood, 9th. early and large ; Ocheeda. 

 loth, good; Comfort, nth; Slender, slow grower, bushy, highly 

 flavored, hardy. 



