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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Crookston Trial Station in 1916. 



T. M. MCCALL, SUPT. 



The season of 1916 was a normal growing season. Tree 

 and bush fruits for the most part wintered well during the winter 

 of 1915-1916, due quite largely to the heavy fall of snow. The 

 small fruit and the fruit plots were flooded and remained wet 

 quite late in the spring, owing to the great flow of water through 

 the drainage ditches. 



The raspberry seedlings and one strawberry are the only 

 fruits received from the State Fruit-Breeding Farm that are in 

 bearing at the present time. The new plums and grapes have 

 all been planted during the past three years and have borne only 

 a few scattering fruits. 



The following chart shows the results to date of the Minne- 

 sota seedling raspberries : 



The varieties that fruited ripened their fruit in the follow- 

 ing order: No. 3, No. 5, No. 6, No. 7 and No. 4. The first pick- 

 ing was made from Minnesota No. 3 on July 20th. The first 

 from No. 4 was on July 26th. Minnesota No. 5 gave the largest 

 yield, followed by No. 3, each yielding twice as much as Minne- 

 sota No. 4. The Minnesota No. 4 produces the better market 

 berry, the No. 3 is inclined to shell but is of good size and color. 

 The Minnesota No. 5 is apparently a hybrid verging toward a 

 purple cap and is only fair in quality. The Minnesota No. 7 and 

 Minnesota No. 5 are both prolific plant makers. 



Sixteen varieties of Minnesota seedling plums have been 

 planted to date. These trees, the same as the standard varieties 

 in the plum orchard, have not made satisfactory growth. The 

 growth of the plums has been retarded each year by excessive 



