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said to be perfectly hardy with large good fruit that keeps until 

 midwinter. I have not yet found oat the name of the owner of 

 the trees, but when I get well I shall go there. 



There are two other seedling trees in Carver county, one on my 

 place and one at Carver, but as the trees are not hardier than 

 Wealthy, there is no need to say anything about them. The fruit 

 is good and keeps till March. 



The trees on my place did not have much fruit this summer. 

 We had two heavy storms that shook them off, and, besides, the year 

 before they blighted so much that they could not bear well this 

 year. This year they blighted very little because I had the trees 

 topped? If I should call any of the Eussians blight proof, it 

 would be the Christmas apple. The tree is now sixteen years old 

 and has never blighted. I can't bring any fruit to the annual 

 meeting for exhibition as we have used it. The new Russian 

 varieties I cut and planted the seed. 



REPORT FROM FILLMORE COUNTY. 



By Clarence Wedge, Albert Lea. 



The past season has been one of extreme drouth. Strawberries 

 were quite generally destroyed by a late frost. Raspberries and 

 blackberries af cer setting a very promising crop, dried up and failed 

 completely. Grapes of the common varieties although having 

 a smaller berry than usual, bore an excellent crop. The Plums, 

 De Soto and Forest Garden, bore heavily, although not quite up to 

 their usual standard of quality. Apples were the lightest crop in 

 many years. 



Of the strawberries we have succeeded best with the Wilson and 

 Crescent. Of the raspberries we shall dig up the blackcaps as un- 

 profitable. Three years of careful culture, including winter pro- 

 tection, without any return, being as we think a sufficient trial. 

 Of the red raspberries, the Turner, Cuthbert, and Philadelphia 

 are good. We prefer the first as it is the best in flavor, yields 

 bountifully, and requires no winter protection. Of the blackber- 

 ries the Ancient Briton is good and the Snyder excellent. 



Grapes are our favorite fruit. Their strong point being the cer- 

 tainty with which they produce a crop. We hav9 growing and are 

 succeeding well with Moores Early ,Worden, Lindley, Delaware.Cot- 

 tage, Agawam and Lady. Have discarded Prentiss and Telegraph 

 and the quality of the Champion and Clinton, is so poor that we 

 would not use them, were we planting a new vineyard. The Con- 

 cord should be dropped from our list. In most years it comes to 

 our home market in a green condition, fit only for jelly and sauce, 

 and is making a bad reputation for Minnesota grapes. By plant- 

 ing such varieties as Moore's Early, Delaware, Lady, and Lindley, 

 we can fully supply our home market with the best grapes in the 

 world. The Lindley, is nearly as late as the Concord, but it is a 



