152 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Plums were the best crop I have ever seen, both cultivated and 

 wild. I have one Desota plum that has not missed a crop for eight 

 3'ears, and last j-ear it was so loaded that some branches broke. I 

 I have seedling's from Desota that have borne for two, and some for 

 three years. They have good plums, but none as large fruit as 

 Desota. 



Strawberries were a poor crop. I have Warfield No. 2, Crescent 

 and Wilson. 



Raspberries were a very good crop. 



I have the buffalo berry, Success juneberr}' and the sand cherrj-; 

 they are all valuable fruits. The sand cherry I think will grow 

 easily from cuttings. I planted fifteen cuttings last spring to try, 

 and fourteen grew and have developed more roots than willow cut- 

 tings planted at the same time. 



GENERAL FRUITS. 



SEVENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. 



N. P. ASPIXWALL, HARRISOX. 



I received a notice from 5'our worthy secretar}- that I had been ap- 

 pointed one of the committee on general fruits for the seventh cong. 

 dist. and was expected to make a report to your- honorable societj-. 

 I am only an a, b, c, scholar in horticulture and am well aware that 

 my report will not be of much interest to you. 



The Duchess, Wealthy and Whitne}' No. 20 apples blossomed very 

 sparinglj^ and had but few apples that matured, and thej' were not 

 as large and well developed as last j'ear. The Strawberry crab pro- 

 duced a very good crop; they were poor and of an inferior qualit}'. 



The Turner and Cuthbert raspberries produced verj- fine crops in 

 localities not affected bj^ the drouth; they do not winter kill in our 

 county (Kandiyohi). I consider the Turner as a godsend to the far- 

 mers of the Northwest; the}- are hardy, prolific and as easily grown 

 as the currant and gooseberry. I leave the old canes standing 

 through the winter to protect and help support the j'oung canes. 



The common red and white currants produced fine crops as usual. 



It was an off 3-ear with the Houghton gooseberry. It produces 

 immense crops every alternate 3-ear. 



I am trying the Gandj', Bubach, Jessie and Haverland strawberries. 

 The last two do fairly well. The strawberr}- is the hardest berrj- 

 for me to raise; it is uncertain in j'ield and requires so much hard 

 labor. 



There are but few grapes grown; the Concord does well here. 



Nearly all kinds of apples that I have tried blight on 1113' ground. 

 I have an unknown variet}- of a sour crab or Inbrid that has never 

 shown any sign of blight. 



I have a few trees that were sprouts from dead Wealth3' and 

 Duchess trees that are beginning to bear. The3- are more thrift3' 

 trees than the parent stock, and so far have not blighted much. One 

 sprout has proved to be a seedling apple and has shown no sign of 

 blight or disease of an3- kind. 



