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for; no bliji^Iit, as it is j^enerallj' understood, has even been noticed 

 upon them, and the conditions were not favorable for root-killing-. 

 Pride of Minneapolis is a good grower and bore free!}- of good 

 sized, yellow, russetty crabs; very promising, 



My notes show that the following varieties of ajjples and crabs 

 were considerably alTected in the foliage bj' the hot days of summer 

 and perhaps lack of moisture, viz.: Hotchkis, Minnesota, Red 

 Oueen, Hibernal and all of that family, Barney, Breskovka, Sweet 

 Pipka, Russian Green, Virginia. Some others were probably just 

 as much affected but were not noted. The following vareties' buds 

 were little affected in the foliage by the adverse condition, viz.: 

 Yellow Fawns, Pointed Pipka, Whitney, Rose Aport, Early Straw- 

 berry, Dais3', Okabena, Peerless, Patten's Greening. Maiden Blush 

 and probably several other varieties not noted. I have top-worked 

 the following varieties onto hardy stocks, bearing size, the past 

 spring.and intend to do considerable work in this line in the future, 

 viz.: Northwestern Greening, Winter Ethel, Wolf River, Peter, 

 Winsted Pippin, Utter's, Barney and Nos. 2 and 3 from Wm. Somer- 

 ville and the Sweet Cider crab. 



Of plums the Desota and Wolf generally bore a fine crop and 

 were little affected in size by the drouth. I also have the Wolf and 

 Desota on Marianna stock, some fifty trees on this stock. Thej' are 

 much less productive than on the Americana stock. Young plum 

 trees set from two to five years generally this past season did not 

 fruit. I have a fine lot of many varieties that are getting the best 

 of care. The Milton is not hardy enough for us. The Rockford 

 gets all de8tro5'ed each year by the curculio. It seems to be a shy 

 bearer while young, at least I have had two of the trees growing 

 for five years and have been unable to get any of the fruit to sample. 

 The Cheney is nearly as bad, as far as the curculio is concerned. 

 There are but few fruit buds on any Rockford plum trees for ne.\t 

 year's crop. The Mankato plutn fruited this year and is one of the 

 earliest and finest plum I ever ate. S. D. Richardson sent me the 

 tree, a stnall sprout, about three years ago. I consider it of extra 

 value. It seems to be about curculio proof. There are five or six 

 new varieties of plums that I must add to my orchard next spring 

 if I can spare the wherewith to get them. 



As to blight, we have been making war upon it, and we have but 

 little of it. My Early Strawberry trees were affected some bj' it the 

 first season. We also saw a little touch of it on a Whitnej' and on a 

 Virginia crab; otherwise we had notie. As to sunscald, with the ex- 

 ception of one pear tree, one plum tree and fifteen or twentj' butter- 

 nut trees and one or two cherry trees, we have no sunscalded trees on 

 the place. My experience and observation would indicate that, at 

 least with the apple trees, only the unhealthy trees sunscald. I don't 

 think we are as much subject to sunscald of apple trees here on the 

 open prairies as they are in the timber. We have been bothered but 

 little with the tent caterpiller the past two seasons, owing undoubt- 

 edly to the continued icy sleet of the winter of 18V)3-4. Of grapes. the 

 Worden gives us the most satisfaction. Moat of the new varieties 

 sent me three or four years ago were finished bj' our May frost. I 

 shall plow up most of my grape vines, not because I can't grow 

 grapes, but because there is too little money in it for me. 



