350 ANNUAL REPORT 



able to offer premiums to encourage the production of new seed- 

 ling varieties, the planting of groves and shelter belts and the 

 outward ornamentation of school and other public grounds, and 

 even farmers' homes. All of which is respectfully submitted. 



CARVER COUNTY EXPERIMENT STATION. 



By Andrew Peterson, Superintendent. 



I can not send any apples to the exhibition to be held by the 

 Society in St. Paul, because they are all gone. Apples don't 

 keep this winter as well as they used to do. I don't know what 

 is the reason; I kept them in the usual way, and they were all 

 rotten at Christmas time. 



As I am not well enough to come to the meeting myself, I have 

 to give a written report concerning fruit, but I have not any re- 

 port of particular value to give. The Russian Hibernal, Ostro- 

 koff's Glass, Charlamoff, and Winter Lowland as usual bore a 

 heavy crop of fruit. The Christmas apple, Red Cheeked, did not 

 bear so much. Winter Pear tree is half dead, but had a heavy 

 crop of large-sized, middling good fruit. Duchess had a heavy 

 crop; some of the trees are damaged a good deal, but some of 

 them will recover. All the Wealthys are half dead and the 

 apples were very small and don't keep as long as usual, 



SMALL FRUIT. 



Raspberries — Philadelphia and Turner had a very nice and 

 heavy crop this year. 



Strawberries — Wilson: I never had so nice and heavy a crop 

 of them before. I think that was dependent on the manuring I 

 gave them from the chicken house. 



All the young trees of the new Russians, about thirty-five 

 varieties, look very nice; also the Russian pear trees show no 

 damage yet. Among the sixty varieties imported from Sweden 

 there is only one among them which is hardy enough for Minne- 

 sota climate. 



EXPERIMENT STATION AT LITCHFIELD. 

 By G. W. Fuller, Superlnteudnt. 



The only cions received for trial were from the Russians, ob- 

 tained from Mr. Andrew Petereon three years ago by Mjv 

 Gibbs. These thus tar have proven perfectly hardy. 



