138 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Annual Report, 1916, Vice-President, Second Congressional 



District. 



S. D. RICHARDSON, WINNEBAGO. 



Apples. — Very heavy in some places, very poor in others. 

 Some places trees failed to blossom. Why in some places they 

 did not bear and in others bore heavily, under the same condi- 

 tions apparently, is something I can neither understand nor give 

 any reason for, only record the fact. 



Cherries were a failure. 



Plums. — Fair crop in some places and failure in others. 



Grapes. — Beta was a good crop but not enough vines planted 

 to amount to much of a crop. What few of other varieties, where 

 they were properly cared for, were a good crop, but they require 

 more care and work than the average person will give them. 



Blackberries. — Not many raised. In some places where they 

 were covered they were a good crop. 



Raspberries. — Same as with blackberry, only in some places 

 the canes were badly diseased. 



Strawberries. — Were a good crop, everbearers especially. 



There has not been much nursery stock planted, but where 

 it was planted results were good. There has not been much 

 blight reported. In some localities there was some reported after 

 the extreme hot weather of later season. 



Have grown blighters and non-blighters so close together 

 that the limbs intermingled but never saw blight caused only 

 by two causes — extreme hot weather or injury to the roots of 

 the tree, and have effectually banished blight from the ground by 

 deep tile drainage. 



Do not know of any spraying being done, only in the vicinity 

 of Mankato, where it was attended with good results. 



All fruits seem to be going into the winter in good condi- 

 tion, although in some localities the subsoil is quite dry. 



In some few places apples scabbed badly. 



The list of fruits recommended by our society are doing 

 well, also the Surprise plum where it has other varieties to fer- 

 tilize it properly. Also the N. W. Greening, Salome, Allen's 

 Choice, as hardy, long keeping winter apples. 



