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stand at the head of the reds. Loudon made poor growth. Palmer 
for early, and Gregg and Minnehaha for blacks. The Conrath 
shows no superiority. Schaffer is equal to Columbian in every 
respect on this soil. Badger and Saunders and Minnesota black- 
berries need further trial; Ancient Briton, Snyder and Stone’s 
Hardy are giving satisfaction. 
The aphis on the plum trees was very destructive to the foliage of 
young trees and appeared to have a preference for the Stoddard; : 
whether this was accidental or otherwise I am unable to say. 
Ninety-eight per cent of the black raspberry tips grew this year, in 
place of twenty-five to forty per cent heretofore, which success I 
attribute mainly to shallow planting. / 
MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 
LYCURGUS R. MOYER, SUPT. 
Among promising small fruits on trial we may mention: Stew- 
art’s Seedling currant, Loudon raspberry, Columbian raspberry, 
Royal Church raspberry, North Star currant and Long Bunch Hol- 
land currant. The Palmer red raspberry can no longer be called an 
experiment. It appears to be an early cap of the first rank. By 
reason Of its earliness it suffered this year from the late spring frosts 
and did not produce so full a crop as the Souhegan. The most 
popular raspberry for use on our own table is the Golden Queen. 
The old Charles Downing gooseberry has been suffering from 
mildew on our grounds. This year we sprayed the bushes with 
Bordeaux mixture and with ersenical solutions. We succeeded in 
securing a good crop. 
Our Russian cherries are still promising well, but are producing 
no fruit. The same is true of the Russian pears. 
A Russian apple from Prof. Budd, marked Smd. No. 1, produced a 
few large apples of fairly good quality. Blushed Calville after hav- 
ing borne a large crop last year produced a good crop again this 
season. The apples are white and have no suggestion of ever hav- 
ing any blush. The fruit matures about two weeks before the Olden- 
burg and is of good quality. I think this tree will prove to be a 
decided acquisition to our orchards. 
The Wyant plum produced a full crop of excellent fruit. The 
plums were not large, but the quality was excellent. 
Buffalo-berries produced a large crop, but the birds gathered 
them before we could test their value. 
Charles X lilac has begun to bloom with us, and appears to pro- 
duce larger and better flowers than its parent, Syringa vulgaris. 
Another plantation of white ash, Fraxinus Americana, was made 
last spring for the purpose of comparing its growth with that of our 
native green ash, Fraxinus lanceolata. Our former planting of white 
ash failed. 
A plantation of Burr Oak acorns made on the open prairie from 
seed that had been stratified through the winter gave excellent 
results. There would seem to be no reason why this excellent tree 
should not be planted on every farm. 
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