310 ANNUAL REPORT 



Received from Prof. Budd 10 Grapevines in 1886, Coe and Cot- 

 tage; the last died during last summer; also grapes received from 

 Mr. Leedloff in 1887, all died last summer except Early Cham- 

 pion. 



Received from State Experimental Farm, May 19, 1887, and 

 planted May 21, grapevines as follows: 18 Concord, 6 Pocklington, 

 7 Worden, 6 Ives' seedling, 6 Hartfort Prolific, 6 Agawam, 6 

 Goethe, 6 Brighton, 6 Lindley, 6 mixed (no name). Concord, 

 Agawam.Worden, Brighton,Goethe and mixed done best, Pockling- 

 ton and Ives seedling poorest in growth. Have some of each left, 

 in all about 50. The concord set fruit in 1888 and again, but more 

 so in 1889 and late frosts killed them both years, even all the 

 young growth from same year. I have worked hard and faithfully 

 to attain success if work and care could do it and next season will 

 decide their fate. 



Received from State Experimental Farm and planted May 18, 

 1888, 19 Russian appletrees. 



2 Unknown, label lost, 2 alive. 1 971 Vasilist largest, 1 alive. 



4 Antonovka, 1 fair, 3 alive . 1 157 Juicy White, 1 dead. 



1 Charlottenthaler, 1 alive. 1 214 Sadowskoe, 1 alive. 



1 Moscow, dead. 1 164 Heidorn, 1 alive. 



1 585 Tusoff's Winter, 1 alive. 1 371 German Scrute, 1 dead. 



1 367 Polosator, 1 alive. 1 468 Pointed White, 1 alive. 



1 149 Unknown, label lost, 1 alive. 1 375 Cinnamon Pine, 1 alive. 



1 461 Rebvistoe, 1 alive. 



I cannot here close on apple trees without stating my failures 

 on Wealthy of which I bought 200 root grafts some 8 years 

 ago. A large proportion grew fairly; and the snow lodging 

 in the nursery rows, they wintered fairly. They made a good 

 growth next year, but all above the snow line killed back the winter 

 following. I set out the finest into the orchard and transplanted 

 the balance near a bed of raspberries. Those in the orchard killed 

 to the roots the first winter, and near the raspberries all above the 

 snow line, leaving about three to five inches alive after the first 

 winter. The raspberries encroached on the nursery row, and now 

 for the last two winters the Wealthy has made a remarkable growth, 

 being some two to three feet above the raspberries which I left un- 

 disturbed, and if the top wood comes out uninjured this spring 

 shall hereafter protect the trunks of the Wealthy and other trees 

 of doubtful hardiness which will, on account of the work devolv- 

 ing on me, limit me to a smaller number that I can take care of. 

 I should wish to state here that my hopes are largely on the pro- 

 cess of originating new varieties adapted to the Northwest, from 

 apple seeds judiciously selected and planted in localities for which 

 we aim to produce trees congenial to the climatic conditions. Mr. 

 A. W. Sias kindly supplied me with some apple seed which I 

 planted last spring, they came up finely and I counted at one time 

 93 seedlings, when the cut-worm commenced its ravages on them. 

 Quite a number of seeds still kept coming up, but when the worm 

 stopped its destruction there were just seventeen seedlings left, on 

 which I kept a jealous eye, between hope and doubt. I should like 

 to receive small quantities of seed, grown from different hardy 



