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Vol. 45 JUNE, 1917 No. 6 



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Owatonna Trial Station, Annual Report, 1916, 



THOS. E. CASHMAN, SUPT., OWATONNA. 



The trees and plants at the Owatonna Station have gone into 

 the winter in good condition, as there was sufficient rainfall to 

 give them the necessary moisture. 



I am sure the public generally will be interested in the condi- 

 tion and appearance of the different varieties of evergreens and 

 European larch planted at the station in the years 1886 and 1887 

 by the late E. H. S. Dartt. That the readers of the Horticulturist 

 may realize the size they have attained and the condition of the 

 white and Norway spruce, Scotch pine, European larch after a 

 period of thirty-one years, I have had several photographs taken. 



No. 1 shows white and Norway spruce planted ten feet 

 apart; the trees are planted alternately. The white spruce are 

 the largest and best looking trees, with the exception of one, 

 which is the third tree from the right in the picture. 



About twelve years ago, I was visiting the Station with Mr. 

 Dartt, and he called my attention to those trees. He said, "You 

 will notice I have planted white and Norway spruce alternately. 

 This planting will prove some day that the white spruce will in 

 time outgrow, will always look better, and will outlive the Nor- 

 way spruce." He said, "I will not live to see those results accom- 

 plished, but perhaps you will." He said, "You will notice now 

 that the Norway spruce are considerable larger than the white 

 spruce, but this will not always be." And sure enough, the old 

 gentleman's predictions have come true. The trees now are 

 standing from thirty-five to fifty feet high, and with the excep- 



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