EUREKA TRIAL STATION. ak 
my place, it being very near the south shore of Minnetonka. The 
Bederwood, Lovett and Jessie did the best for me this season. 
Currants had an averagecrop. They were troubled some with the 
; currant worms, buta good application of Paris green soon drove 
them from the field. 
, F Goosberries were loaded with fruit and were quite free from mil- 
dew. The Red Jacket did remarkably well, the fruit being large, 
: of fine flavor and with no signs of mildew. 
Red raspberries bore a large crop, and the canes kept healthy 
throughout the season. The Loudon was the heaviest yielder of some 
five or six varieties. ; 
EXCELSIOR TRIAL STATION. 
He Si ly YobAN, SUPPL. 
The season started in extremely dry, which was unfavorable for 
newly planted trees; but plenty of moisture came later and revived 
them, and they mostly made a good growth. The blight has been 
rather severe on those varieties which are subject to it. The 
Charlamoff appears to be among our very hardiest Russian varie- 
ties as regards standing cold. It blights some on the limbs, but I 
have not seen any signs of blight on the body of thetrees. With my 
present knowledge of the tree, would recommend planting it as 
largely as I would the Duchess. 
I have one tree of Patten’s Greening which was set out four years 
ago. It bore this year one bushel of very smooth, large apples of 
fair quality, although the appleis not a very long keeper. 
The Martha crab is a fine looking tree. I have never seen any 
blight upon it, although it is among others that blight badly. Thus 
. farit has been ashy bearer. It blossoms out quite full every spring, 
y but carries very little fruit. 
I have a Russian variety called Krimskoe (56M). Thescions came 
from Washington in 1872 (I think). I top-worked it ona seedling that 
: spring. The fruit is extremely early and very good. It has shown 
no signs of blight or winter-killing, while the Duchess that stood 
around it were killed, root and branch, by the cold of ’85. Undoubt- 
edly the hardy seedling stock upon which it was grafted helped to 
sustain its life through those trying winters. The fruit in quality 
is very much like Lubz Queen (No. 444), though the tree is much 
hardier. 
LA CRESCENT TRIAL STATION. 
J. S. HARRIS, SUPT. 
During the season of 1897, the trees and plants at this station 
made a healthy and satisfactory growth, with the exception of pears 
anda few varieties of Russian; and seedling apples, which have 
suffered more than usual from blight. The crop of pears amounted 
i to barely enough to capture the premiums offered at the late state 
fair. Three varieties only fruited, viz: Flemish Beauty, Peffer’s 
Seedling and Bessemianca, and the trees that have fruited are 
blighted beyond hope of recovery. Trees of the same variety that 
have not fruited have not blighted so badly. These trees are on 
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