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varieties made exceptionally sturdy growths, some vines exceed- 

 ing six feet in length, a few of which produced ripe fruit. 



Dewberries. — Premo, Lucretia and Austin, all of which 

 made a good growth and bore some fruit, which ripened the 

 latter part of August. 



Gooseberries. — Red Jacket, Champion, Downing, Houghton, 

 Keepsake, Portage and Josselyn. Compared with other bush 



fruits the gooseberries 

 made the least growth; 

 however, in a few in- 

 stances fruit was pro- 

 duced. The berries were 

 of exceptionally large 

 size. 



Currants. — Victoria, 

 North Star, Lee Prolific, 

 White Grape, Red Dutch, 

 Long Bunch Holland, 

 Wilder and Black Cham- 

 pion. In most cases these 

 made satisfactory 

 growth. 



Strawberries. — A few 

 plants of the following 

 strawberries were in- 

 cluded in our variety test 



Spring in the air at Grand Rapids Trial Station. this Vear '. BederWOOd 



Brandywine, Chesapeake, Clyde, Enhance, Enormous, Early 

 Ozark, Haverland, Lovett, Senator Dunlap, Marshall, Sample, 

 Wm. Belt, Wolverton and Warfield. This stock was in poor con- 

 dition when planted ; however, where the stock was in good con- 

 dition the results were very encouraging. 



Tree Fruits. — A new orchard of tree fruits was set out this 

 year in a more exposed location, which will afford better soil and 

 air drainage than there was in the location of the old orchard. 

 The new orchard is located on a hill west of the station buildings. 

 This change was made in order to safeguard the new plantation 

 against blight and other diseases which have almost destroyed 

 the old orchard. The soil condition in the old orchard is also 

 very poor in that there is considerable seepage from the hillside 

 where it is located, which we believe is the main cause of a lack 

 of success in the past in growing tree fruits at this station. 



