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58 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. G. H. Van Houten, (Iowa): We have had the same dif- 
ficulty with the Whitney in our part of the country; the only 
reason it did not get out is because we have not been complain- 
ing. I know of no remedy. The only thing I could suggest. 
would be to gather the apples before they are fully matured. 
SAUK RAPIDS TRIAL STATION. 
MRS. JENNIE STAGER, SUPT. 
Nearly all the plants set this spring have lived and done well. 
Several of the plum trees set two years ago fruited this fall. We 
thought the Rockford exceptionally fine. Our grape vines, which I 
reported all killed this spring, to our great surprise sent up strong” 
canes from the roots and with the exception of Moore’s Early and 
and two white varieties are allalive. We had the largest amount 
of fruit this season that ever we have had here and of all kinds, 
and the fine weather this fall gave us plenty of time to take proper 
care of the plants. 
WINDOM TRIAL STATION REPORT. 
DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 
Strawberries in spite of the late frost bore a very heavy crop. The 
perfect-flowering varieties were injured considerably more by the 
frosts than the pistillates. The Warfield was injured by late frosts. 
the least of all, and the fruit also was in better demand than any 
of the other varieties. The Bederwood is my most valuable per- 
fect-flowering variety, but its fruit does not color up well until too 
ripe to handle well. The Crescent was second only to the Warfield 
in yield and general appearance. The Capt. Jack rusts too much. 
The Enhance is a valuable, large, late berry but is not of an attrac- 
tive color. 
Currants bore a very good crop, especially the Red Dutch. Long 
Bunch Holland is a valuable late currant, but the fruit is too acid 
to be generally liked except for jells, etc. 
Raspberries, as usual, were not very good, anthracnose being 
the cause. The Loudon gave us some very fine fruit,and they do 
have the ability to hang on the bushes several days after they are 
ripe. Quite a few Loudons were shipped to this market from Wis- 
consin and sold at from 1ic to 30c per quart, but the berries had to. 
be sorted first. Our experience here is that the Loudon is not 
firm enough for a shipping berry. 
Our apple crop was a total failure, and the plum crop nearly so. 
The plume were not only inferior in size but also in quality. 
I believe that fruit trees are going into winter quarters in fair 
condition. I don’t think that the warm September and October 
weather started the sap very much. There is an abundance of mois- 
ture in the ground. I noticed a good many blossoms on my straw- 
berry plants in October, but no other evidence that the weather had 
been too warm. 
