MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL society. § 167 
It was impossible to supply the local demand, and he will soon 
enlarge his berry ‘‘patch,’’ as he considers five acres of straw- | 
berries more profitable than the best one hundred acres of wheat 
which can be produced. He picked 150 bushels of berries this 
year from 14 acres of the Wilson and Col. Cheney varieties. One 
picking yielded 480 quarts. They were set two feet apart one 
way and one foot the other. 
r. Cook is now picking his raspberries. He considers they 
will not yield over one-tenth of a full crop this year. 
The trees in the nursery are in a very thriving condition. He 
set out over 60,000 grafts this last spring, of leading varieties. 
' He has 8,000 fine two year old Duchess trees in one place, and 
3,000'in another. He has 5,000 Orange crab, 3,000 Haas, 2,000 
Tetofsky, and quite a large stock of other leading varieties of 
trees. Mr. Cook makes it a point to keep the grass and weeds 
down by means of thorough cultivation. 
From Letter of E. B. Jordon. 
It may be of some interest to you to know the varieties of fruit 
trees I have now planted and growing in orchard, which is about 
as follows: 1. Wealthy, apple, 3,000 trees; 1. Melinda, 2,500; 1. 
Duchess, 1,500; 2. Haas, 1,000; 1. Tetofsky, 200; 2. Plumb’s 
Cider, 100; 2. Saxton, 50; 3. Ben. Davis, 50; 3. Fameuse, 50; 2. 
Rollins’ Russet, 300; 1. Peach Apple, 50; 3. Walbridge, 50; 3. 
Pewaukee, 50; 3. Sops of Wine, 75; 2. Jeniton and one kind 4., 
25 (1 have two varieties of Jenitons, one has borne on my grounds 
every year since the spring of 1873, the other is not hardy); 3. 
Utter’s Red, 50; 3. Bethel, 50. Also, from two to twenty-five of 
the following: 3. Autumn Strawberry; 2. Northern Spy; 3. 
Price’s Sweet; 3. Red Bud; three varieties of 1. Haas’ Seedlings; 
4, Talman Sweet; 3. Blue Pearmain; 2. Rollins’ Prolific; 1. Elgin 
Beauty; 1. Wabasha; 2. Early Pinnock; 2. Viola; 4. Willow 
Twig; 4. Black Gilliflower; 2. Fulton Beauty; 2. Bailey Sweet; 3. 
Price’s Sweet; 2. Baxter’s Pound; 3. Goodenough; 2. Domanista; 
2. Blue Pearmain; 3. Winona Chief; 3. King of Minnesota; 4. 
Bennett’s Yellow; 5. Canada Red; 2. Fall Orange; 4. Fall Pippin; 
2. Rollins’ Winter Sweet; 3. Hart’s Early; 3. Sweet Pear; 3. 
Ramsdale Sweet; 4. Dominie; 5. Smith’s Cider; 3. Kirkbridge 
White; 4. Carolina Red June; 1. Fisher’s Maiden’s Blush; 2. 
Fisher’s Favorite; 2. Red Bud; 3. Seek-no-further. 
I have marked the apples 1, 2, 3 and 4, which may indicate their 
standing with me for hardiness. 
I have some other kinds, such as Perry Russet, Golden Russet, 
Grimes’ Golden Stark Apple, &c., that I have omitted to mention, 
as they have all been thrown out with (or by) me some time since. 
Of crabs I will only mention a few of the leading sorts that I 
