MINNESOTA STATE FRUIT-BREEDING FARM IN 1916. 



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We have two varieties of everbearing raspberries which I 

 had not paid much attention to until 

 a year ago. They fruited last fall a 

 year ago and again last fall. These 

 two varieties are promising, plants 

 are productive and berries large. 

 Stock is being propagated for dis- 

 tribution later on. 



Two varieties of grapes are being 

 propagated as fast as material will 

 permit. They are both seedlings of 

 the Beta grape. One is a red grape 

 about the size of Wyoming Red, the 

 other is black and about the same size. 

 The vines are hardy and rank grow- 

 ers, fruit equal to commercial vari- 

 eties in quality. 



The plum hybrids were a disap- 

 pointment this year, some varieties 

 bore a light crop and some no fruit 

 at all. Burbank X (crossed with) 

 Wolf, Nos. 4, 6, 9 and 21 did the best. 



Of the new hybrids which fruited 

 this year for the first time i will 

 mention one especially. It is a cross 

 between the sand cherry and apricot. 

 This seedling bore a fair crop this 

 year of medium sized fruit, or about 

 the size of the De Soto plum, fruit 

 almost black when ripe with purple 

 flesh, very small pit, fruit firm and 

 quality good when fully ripe. This is 

 the first one of the apricot hybrids 

 that has proved of any promise. An- 

 other one is a cross between Compass 

 cherry and Satsuma plum. The fruit 

 of this is of fair size, good quality, 

 color purplish blue with purple flesh. 



Several hundred second generation 

 seedlings, supposed to be from a cross 

 of Compass cherry and pin cherry, 

 fruited heavily this year but were not 

 of much value with the exception of one, which has a black 

 cherry, very firm and of good quality, the size of a Bing cherry. 



Minnesota No. 3. Exact size. 



