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years old are vigorous and sound. The Wealthy does not seem to 

 do as well here as farther west near Winnebago Cit5^ 



Mr. Wedge saj^s that the Russian apple, Yellow Sweet, is a fine 

 sweet fruit that ripens August 1st. The trees have been planted 

 eight years and are sound and good. It is a rather tardj- bearer. 

 Hibernal is here an early and heavy bearer, fruiting younger and 

 more heavil}'^ than Wealthy, and is proving an excellent stock for 

 top-working. The trees are eight years old and are in perfect con- 

 dition. Charlamoff fruits regularlj^ and younger than Duchess. 

 The trees have been planted ten years and are sound, though they 

 have blighted a very little. Malinda top-worked on Hibernal had 

 here come into bearing, while the tree on which it is worked had 

 not produced any fruit. Longfield seems to be perfectly at home here. 

 The trees are in perfect condition and are early, regular and heavy 

 bearers of excellent fruit. Repka Malenka makes a good tree and is 

 standing well, but is not as hardy as Duchess. It has fruited sev- 

 eral 5'^ears; the fruit is small butkeeps all winter. Mr. Wedge thinks 

 highly of it. McMahon White is doing well here. Russian Green is 

 here, as generally elsewhere, a light bearer though making a good 

 tree. Antonovka fruits some but blights quite a little. Tetof- 

 sky does well; Summer Lowland is a tardy and light bearer; so far 

 Czar's Thorn is doing fairly well; i M, which is a green apple 

 with a long stem, blights badly. 



Of plums, the Rockford, Stoddard and Blackhawk were bearing 

 well. The Stoddard was received for the Rockford, which is the 

 second similar case coming under our notice. The white pine sun- 

 scalds badly here, while the Scotch and dwarf Mugho pine are do- 

 ing well. 



RICHLAND. 



The Miller place, at Richland, in Rice county, was visited bj' one 

 member of the committee. Its location is high prairie, having re- 

 tentive soil. The orchard is made up largelj^ of seedlings. These 

 are near the house and enclosed by a high windbreak on all sides. 

 It was a great surprise to find so many very good seedlings in such 

 a small compass. Most of the trees were well loaded with fruit. 

 Notes were taken on fifteen different seedlings growing here. The 

 original Peerless tree had a very heavy crop of fruit. It is, however, 

 seriously injured by splitting in the crotches and is held together 

 with a chain. 



AITKIN. 



From Aitkin, which is almost due west from Duluth, one of the 

 committee drove ten and rowed three miles to Bay Lake, wliich is 

 situated between Bay and Faun Island lakes, and visited the home 

 of Mr. Otto Wasserzicher, which is pleasantly located on heavy 

 white pine and maple land, which is, he believes, always good fruit 

 land. There is much very excellent farming land in this vicinity* 

 and it can be bought very cheap, but the expense of clearing it is so 

 great that it is not being taken up as fast as it deserves to be. There 

 are some very good roads in this section and many that are very 

 poor. Mr. Wasserzicher's place is located on high land sloping to 



