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county, one or two from Brown's Valley, and two from Carver 

 county I have received for planting next spring ten varieties 

 from Springfield, Brown county. 



None of the Eussian varieties of apples I have on trial re- 

 ceived any visible injury from the winter of 1887-8. Trees of 

 the Eed and Yellow Anis fruited for the first time. The trees 

 were not so large as the Duchess, about a month later in season, 

 and of rather better quality. Among the varieties received from 

 the Iowa State Experimental Station, the Antonovka and Ostro- 

 koff still appear to be the most promising. 



Plants of the butfalo berry and sand cherry were received 

 from Bismarck, Dak., and will be given a careful test. We have 

 put in a few buds of Klein's seedling, of Houston couQty; also 

 seeds of same and buds of the Daisy, a promising seedling orig- 

 inated by H. J. Ludlow, of Xobles county. 



We believe that good results will be attained through the 

 working of our experimental stations, and that they will prove 

 valuable au:jfiliaries to the endowed stations at St. Paul and Owa- 

 tonna, but we think it would prove a stimulus to more thorough 

 work if a small proportion of the funds provided through the 

 Hatch bill were judiciously expended upon them and they were 

 placed under the oversight of a general superintendent. 



EXPERIMENT STATION AT MINNESOTA CITY. 

 By 0. M. Lord, Superintendent. 



The season has been favorable for small fruit. The Jessie 

 strawberry fruited for the first time here and answered all ex- 

 pectations, being very fine in growth, quality and quantity. 



The Manchester, Crescent and Downer's Prolific also did well. 

 Of numerous other kinds nothiug special can be said. No at- 

 tempts have been made to test different varieties of currants. 

 The common Eed Dutch has given good satisfaction. 



GRAPES. 



Moore's Early and Worden, and a few vines of Concord and 

 Delaware ripened; other kinds were injured by the frost. 

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