160 MINNESOTA STATE HORYICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
REPORT FROM FERGUS FALLS EXPERIMENT STATION. 
F. H. FIEDLER, SUPERINTENDENT. 
Mr. President and Members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society: 
I herewith make my annual report of the experiment station at Fergus 
Falls, of which I was made superintendent in 1891. 
The station is located four miles north of the city of Fergus Falls, on 
timber land. The natural timber consisted of poplar, red oak, burr oak, 
and birch. The land is all the way from 8 to 75 feet above the lake level. 
The soil is from 90 per cent. sand on gravel subsoil, to 85 per cent. clay 
on clay subsoil. Slopes south, north and west. 
The stock at the station was suppiied partly by the central experiment 
station, St. Anthony Park, Minn., and partly it was contributed by myself. 
All plants labelled with name and number. The first lot arrived from 
the central experiment station May 2, 1891. It contained the following | 
varieties: 2 Lady grapes, + Brighton grapes, 2Green Mountain grapes, 2 
Telegraph grapes, 1 Woodruff Red grape, 1 Moyer grape, 1 Dracut Amber 
grape, 6 Buffaloberries, 7 Golden Queen raspberries, 2 Kansas raspberries, 
3 Progress raspberries, 1 Cromwell raspberry, 4 Thompson’s ,Prolific 
raspberries, 2 Palmer raspberries, 3 Wineberry raspberries, 2 Ida rasp- 
berries, 1 Crandal currant, 2 Stewart currants, 7 Crystal White black- 
berries, 7 Erie blackberries, 7 Lucretia dewberries. 
Lot No. 2, received May 13, 1891, from central experimental station. 
Contents: 12 Daisy strawberries, 10 Oliver strawberries, 12 Haverland 
strawberries, 6 Cloud and 6 Early strawberries, 4 Gladstone raspberries. 
Lot No. 3 was procured from M. Fiedler, Sr., Perham, Minn. It con- 
sisted of 10 Houghton gooseberries, 25 Bubach No. 5 strawberries, 10 
Green Prolific strawberries, 50 Jessie strawberries, 10 Caroline raspberries, 
10 Gregg raspberries, 15 Ancient Britson blackberries, 5 Cherry currants, 
4 Fays Seedling currants, 6 White Grape currants, 5 Victoria currants, 
2 La Versailles currants, 6 Lees Prolific currants. 
Lot No. 4 was ordered of C. G. Patten, Charles City, lowa. Contents: 
50 Red Jacket, 109 Warfield and 150 Manchester strawberries. 
All the above were planted and cared for, and were growing well all 
summer until the 18th of October, when my neighbors cattle broke into 
and destroyed a large portion of the stock. Everything will be replanted 
next spring. 
_ As this is the first year that this station is established, I cannot make 
a large and interesting report this time. Next year I hope to fruit most 
of the remaining stock and be able to make a more valuable report. In 
closing, I will say that I will be glad to receive any plants, shrubs or trees 
anyone has to contribute. 
This is the only. experiment station in the northern part of the state, as 
far as I know, and although no other station in this far north has been 
a great success, I mean to make this one as much of a success as it is pos- 
sible, and I hope I can soon report good news. I received from the cen- 
tral experiment station December 23, 1891, a package containing cuttings 
of ten varieties of grapes. 
