I9i MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



RaspJjerries. — Of raspberries, we have Philadelphia, Crimson 

 Beaut3^, Cuthbert, Nemaha, Ohio, Turner, Yellow Queen, Gregg and 

 T3'ler. Most of the red ones died down to the ground last winter, 

 owing, I think, to the drought of the year before. 



Blackberries. — Snj^der and Western Triuinph. We very seldom 

 have half a crop, as they ripen in the driest part of the summer,and 

 mulching does not seem to help them much. 



Currants. — Victoria, Cherry, Red Dutch, White Dutch and Fay's 

 Prolific. All currants do well here with a good mulch of coarse 

 manure. In fact, we can grow no small fruit without a mulch of 

 some sort. 



Gooseberries. — Downing, Houghton and Canada Belle. We pre- 

 fer Downing, but all bore well this year. 



Plums planted this year. — Two each of Homestead, Lj'man, De- 

 sota. Weaver, Rockford and Rollingstone; frviiting, Weaver, Desota 

 and about fifty seedlings, most of them good. We can raise good 

 plums here and plentj^ of them, although this year the late and pro- 

 longed frost destro3^ed the earl}' ones. 



Grapes planted this year. — Two each of Janesville, Mo3'er, 

 Brighton, Lad}' and Niagara; fruiting, Concord, Roger's No. (?), 

 Janesville, Moore's Early, Pocklington, Brighton, Worden, Agawam 

 and Lindle3'. The red grapes ripen earliest here and are the most 

 suitable. The Janesville turns black earlier biit sweetens slowl3'- 

 and has a poor taste and flavor. The Concord generall}' ripens on a 

 southern exposure here and is a good fertilizer. 



Russian Mulberries. — Fruit white and black; ver3' insipid. We 

 have twenty-five trees, generally full of fruit each season, and it 

 keeps the birds from our other fruits. 



Apples. — We planted one hundred trees ten 3'eara ago, most of 

 them Hyslops and Transcendents, with a few Duchess. On account 

 of the blight, we have only two Transcendents and two Duchess left. 

 We have also about twenty-five Russians. Twelve of those were 

 planted this spring, the rest about seven 3'ears ago. Three have 

 come into bearing, samples of which I sent this fall. I also sent 

 samples of apples at the satne time from seedlings given out several 

 3-ears ago by Peter Gideon and raised b3' Erasmus Cross, of this 

 place, which were very good. From the hundred trees sent he has 

 twent3' in bearing — and with them were some of m3' seedling plums. 



Conifers. — Scotch and common pine, cedar and juniper savin Of 

 other trees we have oak, basswood, maple, elm, poplar, Lombardy 

 IJoplar, mountain ash, common ash and box elder. 



Roses. — H3'brid perpetual. About fift3', including climbers. 



Shrubs. — Spireas, jasmine, snowball, spotted and common elder, 

 bush hone3'Suckle, lilacs, white and lavender, and berberr3' Thun- 

 bergi. 



Hardy Bulbous Plants. — Paeonies, red,white and pink; nine vari- 

 eties of lilies and bleedino- heart. 



