324 ANNUAL REPORT 



REPORT FROM WINONA COUNTY. 



By O. M. Lord. 



STRAWBERRIES. 



Only the late blossoms produced fruit. The earlier ones were 

 destroyed by severe frost. The market was however fairly sup- 

 plied and good prices were maintained. 



RASPBERRIES. 



There was a good crop of raspberries, of both black and red 

 kinds. Blackberries were abundant and prices were unusually 

 low. 



Grapes were almost a failure, from frost in the Spring and not 

 more than one-fourth of an average crop was realized. 



APPLES. 



Except the Duchess, there were no standard apples offered in the 

 the market. A few others were produced here and there, mostly 

 from young trees just coming into bearing. The market was over- 

 stocked with crab apples; especially with Transcendents. 



REPORT FROM CARVER COUNTY. 



By Andrew Peterson, of Waconia. 



I have been hunting up the seedling apple trees in Carver coun- 

 ty and examining them. Mr. Krause in Watertown, has thirteen 

 varieties of seedlings. The trees are from fifteen to twenty-five 

 years old and seem very hardy. The seed he got from Germany. 

 There is more or less crab in the trees, so the fruit is small; some 

 are the size of Transcendent and same larger. Some are red in 

 color and very nice and most of them have a good flavor. Four of 

 the varieties are entirely blight proof. A couple of them have 

 blighted a little, but the reason is that they are standing close to a 

 large building cm the south side. Most of the fruit keeps until 

 Christmas. 



It seems to me that these seedlings ought to be planted in Min- 

 nesota instead of the Transcendent. I think the society ought to 

 send out a committee next fall to examine the trees when the fruit 

 is ripe. 



I thought I should hunt up Mr. Koll in Young America town- 

 ship, but got sick and so could not. I heard lately that the seeid- 

 ling trees there are not very hardy. When I get well I will go 

 and examine them. 



Lately I have heard of seedling trees on the shore of Lake 

 Minnetonka in the vicinity of La Fayette Hotel. The trees are 



