GENERAL FRUITS. 241 



Frum my own thirty acres of strawberries, raspberries and blaclcberries 

 I marketed forty thousand boxes; average price obtained, eleven cents per 

 box. I began picking strawberries for market June 27th, and continued 

 picking and marketing strawberries, raspberries or blackberries up to 

 Sept. 2-lth, with a few cases each day to Oct. 6. 



The strawberries I grow for general crop are Crescent, Warfleld, Bu- 

 bach, Haverland, Jessie, Capt. Jack, Crawford and Bederwood, with a 

 few acres of newer varieties that I have faith in, some of which are very 

 promising, such as Lovett's Early, Gillespie, Enhance, Parker Earle, 

 Wolverton, Saunders, Great Pacific, Princess and Pearl. 



Eed raspberries — Turner, Cuthbert and Marlborough. 



Black raspberries — Souhegan, Tyler, Ohio and Nemaha. 



Blackberries— Snyder, Ancient Briton and Stone's Hardy. 



I lay down everything and cover with dirt and mulch, hauling in mulch 

 between the rows in winter. After the bushes are lifted in the spring, I 

 put mulch on under the bushes deep enough to keep weeds down and 

 guard against drought, cultivating but a narrow strip between the rows. 

 Results, big berries and lots of them. 



I will not at this time trouble you with a detailed account of the modes 

 of training and culture, as good instructions to the inexperienced can be 

 found in your reports. 



I had hoped and expected to make my report to you in person, but now 

 fear I shall not be able to meet you at this time. Nevertheless, remember 

 that I would be extremely pleased and gratified to see every individual 

 member at my home in Rochester. You will always find the latchstring 

 out, and if you come at the right season I can give you fruit to eat or 

 plenty of weeds to pull. 



Hoping that you will all have a pleasant, profitable and enjoyable 

 meeting, I am, as ever, your well-wisher. 



REPORT ON GENERAL FRUITS, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL 



DISTRICT. 



S. D. RICHARDSON, WINNEBAGO CITY. 



To the members of the, State Horticultural Society: 



The open winter injured some raspberries that were not covered, but 

 not all, and the cold wet weather of the spring seemed to have a bad ef- 

 fect on the leaves and fruit of the crab apple. Plums, both tame and wild, 

 were almost a total failure. With the exceptions noted, fruits of all kinds 

 bore a heavy crop. The Snyder blackberry came through all right even 

 when uncovered, and the crop was unusually large; also strawberries 

 and currants bore a fair crop, but not so large and nice as in 1891. 

 Gooseberries were good. Grapes were very late, but the warm, late dry 

 fall caused them to ripen fairly well. For the first time in the history of 

 the county Wealthy apples were shipped from Winnebago City by the car 

 load, and many Duchess went to waste because the supply was greater 

 than the demand. The Minnesota is doing well and bears heavily when 

 the tree attains suflQcient age. 

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