\oUr (^orrfer. 



"I have three varieties of apples, three of plums and two of pears 

 which I imported from Denmark. The trees are doing well but 

 have not fruited yet; I think some of them will fruit next season. 



Rose Creek, Minn., Oct. 19th, 1896. jENS A. JENSEN." 



" My success this year with berries was phenomenal. My Early 

 Thompson raspberries gave me a return of $1,500 per acre. I 

 am fully aware this enormous 5'ield will be doubted by many, even 

 old fruit growers, yet it is substantially correct. 



Blanchard, N. D., Oct. 25, 1896. Thos. HARRISON." 



" From what I have seen, I may say that this year was very favor- 

 able for apple growing in Collegeville and neighboring towns of 

 Stearns count3^ I know four or five farmers in our vicinity whose 

 trees were loaded with fine, beautiful apples, especially Duchess 

 and Wealthy. Crabs also were doing well. Mr. Math. Reisinger, of 

 Collegeville, has a little Wealthy, only four inches in diameter, 

 which bore five bushels of apples. Rev. John B. Katzner." 



Collegeville, Minn., Oct. 16th, 1896. 



"With me the Early Washington, or Sops of Wine, is a more 

 profitable apple than the Tetofsky, but can't say that the tree is 

 as hardy, and there are very few trees in this state as far as I can 

 learn. But its flavor, together with its rich, red color, sells it any- 

 where. 



" In regard to strawberries, will say that the Bederwood is a 

 good fertilizer, but have found it the most subject to leaf rust and 

 fungous diseases of all the varieties I have tried. 



Dresbach, Minn., Oct. 17th, 1896. W. S. Widmoyer." 



The First Nursery. — "My Dear Latham— In your October num- 

 ber I noticed a mistake that ought to be corrected while many 

 pioneers are still alive to verify the truth of history. It is well 

 known to all the old settlers that my nursery was started between 

 St. Paul and St. Anthony long before there was a Minneapolis or 

 Fillmore county. In the obituary of Mr. Barnett Taylor, it is said he 

 started the first nursery in Minnesota, although he did not settle 

 in the state until 1857, while I came in 18v50, and some apple seeds 

 were planted in the fall of that j^ear. From tnat small beginning 

 sprung the "Groveland Garden and Nurserj'," which was known all 

 over this country and in Europe until 1885, when I rented my 

 greenhouses and nursery, on account of poor health, and came to 

 this country, where I started "Ford's Tropical Nursery." Many 

 evergreens, I learn, are still growing about the old place, which is 

 now a little suburb of Merriam Park, on the Milwaukee road. 



San Diego, California, Oct. 12th, 1896. L. M. FORD." 



