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than anj^where else. This great Dakota territory is open for fruit in 

 whatever shape it comes, and lots of it is used annually. It is a won- 

 der to me that where fruit is raised in a favorable climate, they don't 

 abandon wheat raising- and go for fruit. True, it at first would take 

 time and money to accomplish that, but in stnall fruits it would not 

 take long. The trouble with this valley is it needs drainage, and 

 in course of overflow, it is bad to work at the proper times; but some 

 of this countrj'^ is dry enough as soon as snow is off. 



MINNESOTA SEEDLINGS AND NEW FRUITS FOR 1893> 



J. S. HARRIS, LA CRESCENT. 



Owing to the very general light fruit crop of the year, your com- 

 mittee did not think it advisable to make any extended surveys in 

 search of new seedling apples or other fruits, or to visit trees that 

 have been located in our reports of previous j^ears; and, therefore, 

 have only made such observations as we could without expense to 

 the society, and sought for such information as could be gained 

 through correspondence. 



During the j^ear six varieties of the apple and one hybrid Siberian 

 of Minnesota origin have come to our notice. First. — On Maj' 3d we 

 received samples of fruit and wood of a seedling sweet apple from 

 F. K. Page, of Witoka, Minn. Size of fruit, 4 to 5 by our scale; form, 

 rovmd-conical; color, deep j^ellow ground with brownish-red on sun 

 side, striped with carmine red, and showing through the colors 

 numerous gray and brown dots: flesh yellow, fine-grained, firm; 

 flavor sweet, good; season, late winter or spring. The tree came up 

 beside the road and is a chance seedling. The wood was in perfect 

 condition. 



Second. — JLenn's seedlings, Nos. 1, 2 and 3. No. 1. Size 6; form, 

 roundish oblique; color, yellow, striped red, splashed crimson; flesh, 

 3'ellow, a little coarse; flavor, pleasant subacid; season, two to three 

 weeks later than Oldenburg; origin, Houston Countj^, Minn., from 

 seed of Oldenburg. 



Lenn's No. 2. Size 5; form, flatfish round, slightly angular; color, 

 greenish yellow, mostly covered with red on the sun side, blotched 

 with deeper red and thickly sprinkled with grayish dots under the 

 skin; flesh, yellow, fine-grained, juicj', subacid, good; season, October 

 and November; origin, Hoixston County, from seed of Oldenburg. 



Lenn's No. 3. Size 3; form, roundish inclining to oval; color, yellow 

 and red striped; flesh, mediuiu line; flavor, pleasant acid; season, 

 October; origin, same as Nos. 1 and 2. 



Sandrock Sweet. — From Honey Creek; is reported as being very 

 hardj'; tree, 28 years old; fruit, medium size, and a long keeper. 



Day's Seedling. — Farmington; size 4; form, regular, smooth, round- 

 ish, flattened at the base; color, light yellow, striped with brig-ht red; 

 flesh 3'ellowish, fine-grained, juicy, pleasant acid; stein, medium 

 long, slender; season, January; tree 16 years old, vigorous and 

 healthy. 



Aiken's Hybrid. — Size about same as Transcendent; form, smooth, 

 round; color, j^ellow with blush on sun side; stem, long, slender; 

 fleeh, yellowish, fine-grained, pleasant acid, slightly subacid; season. 



