444 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



" Can chestnuts be grown in Minnesota? " 



Mr. William Somerville: I have got chestnuts, a neighbor 

 has got chestnut trees, and they were loaded as much as any 

 apple tree I have on my farm. 



Mr. C. J. Kellogg, (Wisconsin): I understand there is a tree 

 peddler traveling about selling horse chestnuts which he war- 

 rants to grow a full fledged livery stable in ninety days, 

 (Laughter). 



Mr. J. S. Harris: I understand there is a man in Houston 

 county who has raised chestnuts for years. I have seen the 

 trees loaded as heavily as apple trees. Chesnuts can be grown 

 in this state where the land slopes a little to the north. I think 

 the chestnut can be grown in two or three counties in the state, 

 and from seedlings grown from them. I also raised chestnuts 

 several years. 



Mr. Somerville: I do not think it would do to encourage the 

 planting of chestnuts unless there was good protection on the 

 north and west. Those that I have, I have protected. I have 

 known a great many others that were set out, but they could 

 not endure the wind. 



"Can blueberries be made to grow in the prairie soil of 

 Minnesota? " 



Mr. J. S. Harris: It is a pretty hard job to raise them. 



Mr. A. J. Philips, (Wisconsin): And a pretty hard job to 

 destroy them. 



"What is the best crab apple tree for Minnesota for the 

 north-west market? " 



Pres. Underwood: I think the party asking that question 

 meant the best crab apple for market. 



Mr. M. C. Bunnell: I think the Hyslop. 



Pres. Underwood: I say the Martha. 



" Is the Blushed Calville adapted to our prairie soils? " 

 Judge L. R. Moyer: They are doing very nicely at Monte- 

 video. 



Mr. J. S. Harris: They fall off pretty early in sheltered 

 locations. I thought perhaps they would not do it in the open. 



