358 ANNUAL REPORT 



The Minnesota and Maiden Blush, Quaker Beauty and Beach's 

 Sweet, all produced a fair crop, especially Minnesota. This 

 may be opposed to the ideas of others, but I find the Minnesota 

 in the vicinity of Castle Eock has been producing well for sev- 

 eral years and appears to be very hardy. 



SMALL FRUIT. 



We had an abundance of strawberries. Raspberries did not 

 seem to winter-kill but produced very fairly. Of the blackcaps, 

 the Gregg has done remarkably well with us, and also some 

 other varieties mentioned here. I have one vaiiety called the 

 Elmira, a seedling originated by Rev. M. L. Tibbets, which I 

 consider about the best variety on my grounds. 



REPORT FROM WASHINGTON COUNTY. 

 By M. C Bunnell, Neivport. 



Mr. President: I have no written report. During the past 

 year, from what I have observed during my travels through 

 the counties of Washington, Ra#isey and Dakota, I find the 

 principal variety of standard apple to be the Duchess. 

 Wealthy was very badly injured by our hard winter of two 

 years ago. Some orchards in the town of Woodbury bore good 

 crops — one about fifty bushels of apples. I find Whitney is 

 doing about as well as any variety planted in this vicinity. 



A good many farmers are considerably discouraged with stan- 

 dard apples while others are re-placing their dead trees. As 

 regards the crab species, Transcendent bore well, but the fruit 

 did not bring a very large price; Hyslops brought a far better 

 price than Transcendents, although the former did not stand 

 -well for hardiness. 



PLUMS. 



As regards plums, De Soto and Weaver give the best satisfac- 

 tion of any variety planted in those counties and I am experi- 

 menting with them considerably. They seem to stand our cli- 

 mate and we have been much pleased with the quality of fruit 

 produced and the productiveness of the trees. 



GRAPES. 



The grape crop in many localities was very good. Mr. F. C 

 Dick, of Washington County, has been giving some attention to 

 grape culture and is succeeding well with a number of the 



