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that bore eight crops but last July a wind blew it down. It was well 
loaded with fruit. Mr. Wolf prunes very close, allowing no sprouts to start 
on the limbs, and thinks cause of blight is due to too much top for root to 
support. Whether correct or not he seems to have good success in a 
smallway. Being anxious to grow apples he drove 170 miles in Septem- 
ber, 1890, to see the Peerless apple tree. Beiny greatly impressed with its 
value he has planted all he could buy of them. 
Fritz Lewis, Sec. 36, McLeod County,Town of Glencoe,has two Wealthy 
that were sprouts from the roots of the original trees, bearing fruit and 
they seem to stand better than the old trees. He also has a few 
Transcendents set some fifteen years ago that are in a fair condition. 
C. F. Wilson,has a few fine Early Strawberry trees which he values very 
highly. They bear regularly and Mr. Wilson says they have done well with 
him. When asked if the trees were still sound he replied: ‘‘I don’t know 
about that,but do know they still bear fruit,and when they show signs of 
failing I shall set more.’’ Mr. Wilson is one of the substantial farmers 
of McLeod County, and his opinien is worthy of notice. He lives on prairie 
west of Big the Woods. 
Wm. Johnson, six miles west of Glencoe, has Early Strawberrys. They 
blight some, but still bear a fair crop. Jie has a few nice evergreens 
which are doing well. | 
J. F. Crosby three miles north of Glencoe has a number of old trees and 
says he has raised some fruit for the past sixteen years. The old treesare 
dying out but he set some thirty young trees in fall of ’90. Among them 
he has Peerless and one Catherine Kline sent to him by O. F. Brand for a 
trial. It made a fair growth in 1891, and the wood seemed to ripen fully, 
and it has gone into the winter in good condition Mr. Crosby states that 
Peerless did remarkably well also. Has fuur peach trees which have borne 
two light crops, but failed to ripen. Trees look thrifty,and I presume 
grow too fast to allow fruit to mature. He protects them in winter by 
building a fence around them, and filling in with straw, etc 
Herman Banks, Section 18, Winsted Town, has five Transcendents that 
- pore 45 bushels in 1890, and 60 bushels in 1891. They bear every year— 
slightly affected by blight. Location, bigh knoll, north slope; cultivates 
each year, plows close to trees, breaking many roots, but they seem to 
thrive on that treatment. 
~ John White,Town of Winsted,section 18, has twenty Transcendents, set 
in 1873; they are troubled some with blight. Mr. White has had some 
_ fruit every year. The past season had about 80 hushels. Location, high 
land, eastern slope. 
Mr. La Mot, near Mr. White’s, has a few large healthy looking” Trans- 
cendents. Show some blight. He mulches heavily with chip manure 
each fall. Has fair crop each year. 
Christianson, Town of Bergen, section 22, has twelve Transcendents 
twenty years old; do not blight; prunes close; carry very small top. He 
claims thatby keeping the top small, watching and rubbing off all sprouts 
we will avoid blight. Crop of 1890, 40 bushels; of 1891, 35 bushels. Also has 
a fine line of small fruits. Reports Turner and Marlboro raspberries as 
fruiting finely. Houghton gooseberries and Fay’s Prolific currants doing 
well. Location, high, sloping gently to southeast. Also has a fine lot of 
, arbor vite and white spruce. 
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