ANNUAL REPORT, 1916, VICE-PRESIDENT, SIXTH CONG. DIST. 511 



Annual Report, 1916, Vice-President, Sixth Congressional 



District. 



MATH. TSCHIDA, ST. CLOUD. 



I sent out twenty-four letters to different fruit growers in 

 my district, and received thirteen letters in reply. From these 

 replies I compiled the following report: 



Apples were, in general, not up to a full crop. Some of the 

 growers report a good to very good crop, especially of Wealthy, 

 Duchess, Hibernal and Malinda. Other varieties did not do so 

 well. Other growers report only half a crop down to ten per 

 cent. Some expected a good crop, but the flowers dropped from 

 the trees on account of the frequent cold rains. Crab apples 

 were almost a failure. 



The plums have done much better than the apples. Quite 

 a few reported a good to very good crop of plums. Some, how- 

 ever, stated that the blossoms were injured, and as a result they 

 picked only half a crop. One or two only reported a complete 

 failure. 



It seems there are very few cherries grown in this district ; 

 and those that did report on them stated that the crop was a 

 failure. Only two parties reported that they got a few cherries 

 from their trees. 



On grapes five parties reported that the crop was good to 

 very good, but only the early varieties ripened their fruit. One 

 stated that the Delaware and Niagara were the best. Another 

 reported a great crop from the Alpha, while tame varieties were 

 generally pretty good, but that the Concord was the poorest. 

 Eight parties reported "None." 



Only three parties reported on blackberries, stating that 

 they got a good yield from their bushes. The other ten did not 

 report any. Raspberries have done very well in general. Most 

 of the reports speak of good to very good crops. Only two par- 

 ties stated "very few to one-third of a crop." I have no raspberry 

 plants myself. 



Strawberries are grown almost throughout the entire dis- 

 trict, and indications are that most all growers picked a good 

 to very good crop. One stated his strawberries gave him an ex- 

 cellent yield this year. It seems there was no complete failure 

 in strawberries this year. All got plenty of fruit. Only two 

 parties reported on everbearing strawberries. One had a fine 

 crop, the other a poor one. I am of the opinion that the ever- 



