150 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Montevideo Trial Station in 1916. 



LYCURGUS R. MOYER, SUPT. 



Perhaps there is no class of trees more enjoyed by the flat- 

 headed borer than the Hansen hybrid plums. The bark seems 

 to be especially juicy and attractive to them. One must watch 

 the trees continually and dig out the pests, or very soon the trees 

 will be gone. 



Among the Minnesota plum hybrids, No. 10 is very prom- 

 ising. It ripens early, and in quality seems to be equal to the 

 Surprise. Its fruit is large and fine looking. 



No. 81 is a much later plum, but it is of good quality too and 

 of fine appearance. 



Trees of No. 8 and No. 10 have been fiercely attacked by 

 the plum borer as well as have the sand cherry hybrids. One of 

 the puzzles is how to protect these low growing trees from the 

 depredations of the cottontail rabbits. The rabbits are a worse 

 pest than the borers. 



Ohta appears to be the best of the red raspberries. It is 

 reasonably early, large, of fine quality and a good yielder. It has 

 been laid down and covered every winter, so that we do not know 

 how hardy it is. 



Minnesota No. 8 raspberry is a late berry ad promises to be 

 valuable ; but this year a period of dry, hot weather came on as 

 it was about to mature its crop, and the result was a failure. 



When Minnesota No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 raspberries were 

 sent out, they were sent under restriction, no plants to be dis- 

 tributed. The plants were set in the open prairie, but protected 

 by a tall hedge of lilac bushes on the west and by a thick growth 

 of pines on the east. The rows became very much matted, the 

 plants crowding each other in the row. They were not laid down, 

 but were drifted under by an early snow and remained deeply 

 covered all winter. They bore no crop. They have now been 

 thinned out, and part of the rows have been covered with earth 

 and part with half rotted straw. If they do not do better next 

 year we shall discard them. 



At this writing it does not seem probable that the everbear- 

 ing strawberries will ever be very successful in Southwestern 

 Minnesota. These strawberries ripen at the time of the year 

 when we are very apt to have a drought, and unless the grower 

 has means of watering at hand he is likely to see his crop dry 

 up and perish. That was the case with the crop on Minnesota 

 No. 1017 this year. 



