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IfAKUEKRY. 



The common form of Berberis vulg-aria does well with ue, pro- 

 ducing plenty of yellow flowers and an abundance of sour rod 

 fruit. The purple-leaved form seems to be e<iuall)' hardj-. Berberis 

 amurensis, from Prof. Budd, is growing- thriftily with every pros- 

 pect of success. 



JAPANESE ROSES. 



The white and red forms of Rosa rugosa both do well without 

 winter protection. They are vigorous and desirable shrubs. Rosa 

 Wichuriana is a creeping rose of great hardiness. A yellow rose 

 ^eut out by Prof. Budd is equally hardy and in every way desirable. 

 Rosa spinosissima succeeds without winter protection, as do some 

 forms of Rosa Damascena. Winter protection is required for the 

 hybrid roses, but thej' are as easily laid down and covered with 

 earth as a raspberry Imsh. 



CONIFERS. 



With US the most hardy everygreen is the native juniper (Juni- 

 perus Virginiana). This tree is native to granite ledges near our 

 place. The dwarf pine from the high mountains of Europe (Pinus 

 montana du roi), commonly called the Mughe pine, stands next 

 to the juniper in hardiness. It has been growing at our placeabout 

 fifteen years. The dry weather of the last two or three years has 

 killed the Norway spruce and the black spruce of the same age. 

 The white spruce is still doing fairlj' well, and so is the Colorado 

 spruce (Picea pungens). The Scotch pine is holding its own against 

 all kinds of vicissitudes, and even the Austrian pine seems to be 

 taking a new lease of life. Our Pinus ponderosa. from Mr. Wedge, 

 is living, but all the j'oung evergreens sent out from the central 

 station for the last two years have died, except one white pine and 

 one pro?>trate juniper. 



APPLES. 



The only trees we have in bearing are Maiden's Blush crab and 

 Oldenburg. Among the young trees, the following all look well: 

 Volga Anis, Hibernal, Lieby, Whitney, Sweet Russet, Greenwood, 

 Virginia, Dartt. 987, 322, 9.S4, 22 M, Smd. No. 1, 242, 4 m. 



LA CRESCENT EXPERIMENT STATION. 



J. .s. HARRIS, SUPT. 



Most varieties of fruits turned out better than I anticipated at 

 the time of making my mid-summer report, although the season 

 has not by any mean.>4 been the most favorable one. The rainfall 

 with us was very much less than the average, and we had more 

 than the usual number of days of extreme heat. 



The raspberry crop turned out to be verj"^ nearly an average one 

 No protection had been given the previous winter, but the canes 

 were not seriously winter-killed. The Shaffer suffered the most. 

 The Nemaha (black) and Cuthbert (red), proved the most profi- 

 table. A portion of the Shaffers had been left without pruning 



