MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 95 
_ The piece that I had reference to is on an eastern slope—the 
same result out on the prairie where the snow had drifted. 
And now to your questions. 
1. I have the following varieties of five year old trees, 
Transcendent, Hyslop, Soulard, Red Astrachan, Stewart’s 
No. 7 (Honey Sweet.) Stewart’s No. 7 is the only apple tree 
that I have but what has been more or less affectéd, I never 
have mulched it summer or winter, and it never’ has killed in 
root, branch or bud to my knowledge. The same tree has 
stood on the prairie beside the Tetofsky, Transcendent, 
Hyslop and Soulard ; all others have been more or less injured, 
but No. 7 is all right, I do not know anything about the fruit ; 
my trees are bearing this season for the first time. . 
I purchased some trees of the following varieties (three 
years old), Gen. Grant, Akin’s Green Winter—both killed to 
the ground—also, Ben Davis and Perry Russet.’ The two 
last are so badly killed that I consider them no better than 
dead. The Haas and Fameuse, of the same age, also Alexan- 
der in our neighborhood have killed ; Duchess, of several years 
bearing, killed and badly injured. 
Nos. 2 and 3 I have answered in No. 1, 7. e. Stewart’s No. 7. 
4. Sandy loam, clay subsoil; edge of prairie and bluff land. 
5. Ihave no seedlings of my own. Have been propagating 
from about 50 varieties of our hardiest Hennepin county seed- 
ling, which we have considered perfectly hardy, have been 
more or less injured. 
6. lam propagating from a seedling pear tree that has 
never killed unless this winter. Have not been informed how 
the tree is this spring. 
7 and 8. We are cultivating Wilson’s Seedling, Agricul- 
turist and Scarlet are the principle ones cultivated. 
Plums—I have none except choice natives, and ifany one has 
got any that are better I would like to get some. 
Cherries—I purchased several trees several years ago of the 
Morello Cherry; they are about four inches through, and 
killed last winter. Have some of the Early Richmond, injured 
considerably. 
' [ have about eight or ten thousand seedling apple trees, one 
and two years old ; I think I can select about 50 that have 
not killed a bud, that stood beside the following varieties that 
killed down to the snow: Ben Davis, Fameuse, Densmore, 
Morrison’s Treasure and a host of others equally hardy. 
J. H. Wuire. 
