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"I have received one of the inonthl}' issues of your society org-au 

 and think this a very sensible and profitable thing-. It brings the 

 news of a liorticultural nature to those who need it in a plain man- 

 ner and also when they need it." 



Parksley, Va., April 20, "96. H. E. VAX Demax, 



(Late Pomolog-ist U. S. Dep't Agriculture.) 



"My apple trees are looking fine, have had no blig-ht nor lost a 

 tree for several years. Hope to have some apples some time — I 

 mean a plenty. I have a hundred trees and many varieties." 



Morri:-, Minn., April 28, "IKj. D. S. WnE.\TOX. 



(The location of Morris on the open prairie, 150 miles or so north- 

 west of Minneapolis is not a favorable one for apple growing, and 

 Mr. Wheaton's success shows much intelligent care. SECY.) 



IXJURY TO GkAPE-Vixes AT MiXXETOXKA.— Many of the persons 

 living around Lake Minnetonka are anxious about the condition of 

 their vineyards. The vines are starting poorlj', and in some vine- 

 yards many vines of the tender sorts, such as Duchess, Lady and 

 Moore's Early, are not showing any growth at all. I spent a part of 

 last Monday (May 18th) in that vicinity and made a careful examina- 

 tion of the vines. The wood generally appears fresh, but without 

 exception all varieties that were examined showed considerable in- 

 jur}- to surface roots — in many places this was serious. It is not 

 ujicoinmon to have the surface roots of grapes killed, and where 

 vines are set deep in the ground no serious harm comes from this 

 source, since the deep roots are not often injured. This year, how- 

 ever, even the deep roots are generally discolored. The young vines 

 have suffered most. In addition to the winter injury, the leaf hop- 

 pers are injuring the foliage. These injuries have been so bad that 

 one party has dug up a large number of his Moore's Early vines, 

 and other growers have felt they must do likewise. 



Where the vines are starting at all, it seems to me rather prema- 

 ture to dig them until after midsummer, since the recuperative 

 power of a well established grape is often surprising, and I think 

 many vines which now look very weak will have recovered by that 

 time. But cultivation should be comtnenced at once and the ground 

 kept well stirred and the vines favored in every practical way. 



St. Atithony Park. May 22. PROF. S. B. Gkeex. 



