102 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



While, as a rule, the horticulturists of Wisconsin seemed to be 

 fighting the same enemies with which we have to contend — blight, 

 summer scald, root-killing, apple curculio, plum curculio, coddling 

 moth, plum-pocket, winter-killing, etc.. it was nevertheless apparent 

 that fruits which we watch with considerable anxiety during hard 

 winters are considered quite hardy in all that part of the state south 

 of the parallel of Oshkosh. Those who spoke of the Wealthy, Duch- 

 ess and Hibernal put them all in the same list, and the Wealthy was 

 generally spoken of as perfectly hardy. In answer to my question as 

 to which was the hardier, Wealthy or Duchess, there were two an- 

 swers, both in favor of the Wealthy. The others probably classed 

 them together as sufficiently hardy for their climate. 



Among the apples exhibited I saw no Okabenas, Peerless, 

 Peters, Patten's Greenings. I02"s, Gilberts. Bretts or Repkas, 

 though, possibly, some of them may have been there. 



The display was not as large or as varied as ours. That, doubt- 

 less, indicated the repose of conscious strength. Michigan, it is 

 said, had a decidedly smaller show. 



It was refreshing to see a good exhibit of garden vegetables, all 

 of which were of the right size for culinary purposes ; no overgrown 

 monstrosities, no imperfect specimens. I think we should do well to 

 imitate our sister state by calling for a general assortment of vege- 

 tables and offering small premiums for the best of the kind de- 

 scribed. 



Although no official lists of fruits were adopted by the society, 

 several experienced fruit growers were asked to give the society the 

 benefit of their judgment. 



Mr. Henry Tarrant, of Janesville, gave his choice in the order 

 of their seasons as follows : For southern Wisconsin : Duchess, Mc- 

 Mahon, Wealthy, Northwestern Greening, Flushing Spitzenberg. 



Dr. T. E. Loope, of Eureka, selected for central Wisconsin : 

 Duchess, Wealthy, Northwestern Greening, Fameuse, Perry Russet. 



A. D. Appletree Barnes, of Waupaca, named for northern Wis- 

 consin : Duchess, Wealthy, Northwestern Greening, Talman 

 Sweet, Walbridge. 



Prof. E. S. Goff, of the State Experiment Station, recommend- 

 ed as worthy of trial the following new plums selected from a large 

 number with which he was experimenting : Brittlewood, Bomber- 

 ger. Etta, Freeman. They give promise of proving very valuable. 



Of the older varieties the following were spoken of by Prof. 

 Gofif and others as the best : De Soto, Hammer, Aitkin, Piper, Sur- 

 prise, Springer, Wyant — Surprise, Springer and Wyant being the 

 "creme de la creme." 



