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forced to cut off usiug water for anj^thing- except that which was 

 necessarj-, consequently, our lawn and shade trees had to suffer. 

 Nearly all of the evergreen trees have died. 



The strawberry crop was a complete failure; the vines blossomed 

 full, but few developed into berries, and what there was were verj- 

 small. 



The raspberries did better, in fact, we had an immense crop, and 

 the berries were large and well filled; the varieties were the Guth- 

 burt and Crimson Beaut5^ The bushes were well mulched, conse- 

 quentlj-, did not suffer so much from drouth. 



The apple trees shipped us did well considering the season, but 

 did not make much of a growth. 



EXCELSIOR EXPERIMENT STATION. 



H. M. LYXAX, SUPT. 



Apple trees in this vicinity yielded a lighter crop of fruit this 

 year than usual, though the size and quality of the frviit was fair. 

 There was not as much injurj- from blight as in some former years. 



Of the trees received from the central station in the spring of "91, 

 the Hibernal has blighted some but bore a few apples. Xo. 340, 

 Lowland Raspberry, looks hard}- and bore a few small, but quite 

 good, early apples. Xos. 286, 599 and 4ii look ver}- well, but have 

 borne no fruit. Several other varieties, received at the same time, 

 blighted, which I mentioned in my last report. 



The trees received in the spring of 1892, are looking well. Pattons 

 Greening looks like a promising variety. The other were Charlamoff> 

 Good Peasant, 74m, 4m, Xartha, Pride of Minneapolis, and Repta 

 Kieshoe. 



The apple trees received in the spring of 1893, were the following 

 varieties: two Anisim, two Borovinka, two 4m and one 200. I also 

 received four varieties of plums. The apples and plums set this 

 spring made a good growth. I cannot report further concerning 

 them until the}- have passed through more seasons. I planted out 

 about fifteen varieties of apple rootgrafts last spring, many of them 

 froin hard}" seedlings. 



Time only will tell whether it will be a good investment. 



LA CRESCENT EXPERIMENT STATION. 



J. S. HARRIS, SUPT. 



Stran-berries. Our success with this valuable fruit has been very 

 far from encouraging. Our system of growing them is in matted 

 rows. As far as possible, we make our plantations in the sprino-, 

 using no fertilizers at the time of planting, but choosing ground 

 that has been liberally manured the previous year for some garden 

 crop, or heavily manured and plowed in the fall previous to plant- 

 ing. We set the plants with rows four feet apart, and in the row six- 

 teen to twenty-four inches apart, according to the habit of the 

 variety. In the case of pistillate varieties, we alternate every third 

 row with some staminate variety for the purpose of effectino- 

 DOllenizatiou. 



