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I think our old friend, Mr. Smith, mentioned white pine. 

 And I put out a lot of white pine and they grew all right, but 

 they didn't spread out and made a failure. I think on the prairie 

 they are absolutely worthless. 



Mr. Smith: What I spoke about was the white spruce. 

 That fails when it gets to be twenty-five or thirty years old. 

 The Norway pine is just as hardy as the white spruce. 



Mr. Underwood: It all resolves itself into one fact, that it 

 depends on moisture. They die because they do not get enough 

 moisture; they want a drink. The black spruce grows out in 

 the swamp, it doesn't grow naturally on high ground. It is lack 

 of moisture. 



Annual Report, 1916, Vice-President, Ninth Congressional 



District. 



A. L. HANSON, (RED RIVER VALLEY) ADA. 



Sent twenty-eight requests for report to members in the 

 District, and received seventeen replies. These indicated the 

 following conditions in the district. 



Apples almost a failure for the year. 



Plums a very light crop — a failure in parts of the district. 



Cherries only a few report any—- the Compass only kind re- 

 ported as yielding a fair crop. 



Grapes — none. 



Blackberries — none. 



Raspberries — reported an abundant crop by some, others not 

 any. 



Strawberries reported a good crop. Sen. Dunlap, Progres- 

 sive everbearing, Seedling No. 3, being the varieties named. 



Other fruits reported were currants, gooseberries and wild 

 cherries. 



Blight is reported as doing considerable damage and noth- 

 ing being done to combat it. 



Spraying reported only by three and by them as being only 

 an experiment. 



Some damage is reported from the cold of last winter, es- 

 pecially the late freezing in the spring. 



Fruits are reported as going into winter in good condition, 

 with plenty of moisture. 



The varieties reported as doing best are: apples, Duchess, 

 Wealthy, Whitney and University; plums, DeSoto, Forest Gar- 

 den ; cherry, Compass ; raspberries, Sunbeam, King, Minnetonka. 



Hardy perennial flowers: peonies, phlox and iris. 



Hardy ornamental shrubs: lilac, hydrangea and snowball. 



An abundance of fruit for the Ninth District is only depen- 

 dent on proper application and care. 



