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At Madelia I saw a peach tree with fruit on it. The owner also 

 had some 22 varieties of grapes in bearing, and finds them profit- 

 able. He named the Brighton as about the best in quality and for 

 keeping. Said he kept them good till late in March. His manner 

 of keeping grapes is to lay the bunches in a shallow basket and 

 hang them up in a dry, cool cellar. 



Near Madelia a Mr. Scales has a small orchard in which he has 

 6 or 8 Duchess and some crab trees. They have been planted from 

 15 to 18 years. The Duchess always produce more fruit than the 

 family need, and a handsome sum is annually realized from the 

 sale of the surplus. His orchard is on the prairie surrounded with 

 one row of cottonwoods. 



Driving west from Madelia, through the St. James and Mountain 

 Lake section, where the Russian mulberry was first introduced, I 

 could not learn that it was regarded as of any particular value 

 there. 



Near Windom, in the Big Pond region, a Mr. Miller has some 

 fine young bearing trees of Wealthy and Duchess. He has a small 

 lake to the west of him. I next visited Worthington, the prohibi- 

 tion city of the west. The first thing that particularly attracted 

 my attention was the large number of European nut ash used here 

 for street and ornamental purposes. In some instances lots are 

 surrounded with these beautiful trees, much to the credit of the 

 people who planted and cared for them. Here I paid a visit to Mr. 

 Ludlow on Lake Okbena and took a look through his very fine or- 

 chard ; Mr. L. not being at home, I returned a few days later, 

 spent the night with him and he and I had a very interesting local 

 horticultural meeting. This orchard was started by our old mem- 

 ber Mr. G. J. Hoffman, now of Selma, California. 



Here are some of the best Tetofsky trees to be found in the state. 

 Wealthy and Duchess were loaded with fruit. The Okbena al- 

 though not bearing, showed a fine healthy leaf and was making a 

 good growth. The previous severe cutting of scions from it has 

 undoubtedly injured it somewhat but it sh iws a marked tendency 

 to recover from injury, 



In this orchard are to be found a number of fine top grafted trees 

 which have made perfect unions and bear heavy crops of fruit. 

 This orchard is closely planted and the ground well shaded. In 

 other parts of Nobles county some few good trees are to be found. 

 Mr. Chas. A. Lundberg has some very fine Duchess, Wealthy and 

 crabs. Of a fine tree of Briar's Sweet he remarked "That tree does 

 not owe me anything. It has paid well." He having ordered the 

 Whitney from a prominent Eastern nurseryman, I found he had 

 received Walbridge in its place. 



In the orchard of Mr. M. Pint, Grand Prairie, Nobles county, I 

 found the Utters. Large red, very fair trees. 



East from "W orthington on Fox Lake, Martin county, is well il- 

 lustrated what water protection will do for the fruit grower. On 

 the north side of the lake Mr. Cyrus Webber has a number of 

 varieties. Rambo »et, 22 years, bore some fruit in 1888. The 

 Haas, set eighteen years, bore about two barrels to a tree in 



