JEFFERS TRIAL STATION IN 1916. 105 



Jeffers Trial Station in 1916. 



DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 



The spring and summer of 1916 were cold with too much 

 rainy and cloudy weather until some time in July, when it 

 turned very hot, and the dry weather has continued up to the 

 time this report is being made out — November 27th. 



We sprayed our trees several times with lime-sulphur solu- 

 tion; still there was considerable scab on some of the fruit and 

 foliage of some varieties of apples, especially Wealthy, Duchess, 

 and Pattens Greening. Yet we had many other varieties that 

 were practically free from apple scab. The apple crop was 

 very heavy; most growers in this section had absolutely no 

 market for their apples, either of the summer or fall varieties. 



There are several varieties of apples we have on trial that 

 we believe worthy of special mention. Anisim is one of them. 

 There is also the Starr apple from Vermont. This variety was 

 sent me quite a number of years ago by Mr. Edson Gaylord. 

 It is an improved Patten's Greening, especially as to quality 

 and freedom from scab, cracking and rot fungus. An expert 

 would be bothered to tell them apart on exhibition without 

 sampling their eating quality. The Wolf River and N. W. 

 Greening also seem to be varieties that are making good at 

 this station. 



The Hibernal is a success as far as quantity of fruit is 

 concerned, but the quality is so poor for eating out of hand that 

 it is considered of no value here, where better varieties are 

 grown. 



The King David is a promising little, hard, red apple that 

 fruited full this season. The Red Queen, an old Russian variety 

 I received from Prof. J. L. Budd, about thirty years ago, we 

 consider one of the most valuable varieties we have growing at 

 this station. Season about with Wealthy, but free from apple 

 scab. 



The varieties of fruit from the State Farm we report on 

 as follows : 



Strawberries. — Minnesota No. 3 very fine, ranks up with 

 Dunlap in every respect, of better quality. 



Minnesota, No. 1017 (Everbearing) very good. We had 

 plenty of fresh strawberries all summer and fall, until after 

 frosts, in spite of the dry season, all grown on plants set last 

 spring. However the new runners did not set any fruit. 



