242 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The Malinda is attracting considerable attention on account of its good 

 keeping qualities. The tree seems to be healthy, but does not look any 

 better than Haas of the same age, 



I saw one tree of the Roman Stem fifteen or twenty years old, that hung 

 very full and was apparently healthy and sound. 



REPORT ON GENERAL FRUITS, SECOND CONGRESSIONAL 



DISTRICT. 



ALFKBD TERRY, SLAYTON. 



Mr. President and members of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society: 



Being myself but an amateur in fruit raising, I was surprised to find 

 myself appointed on the committee on general fruits; the fault is yours, 

 not mine. Feeble as it is, I obey, and make the following report: 



Late frosts and immense rains almost destroyed the strawberries in my 

 section of the state, and we must decidedly put it down as an off year 

 for this desirable small fruit. 



Raspberries did very well and may be called an ^.verage crop. Souhegan 

 and Ohio, I think, did the best among the black-caps. These we 

 have to cover, using slough hay, if we can get it, on account of its being 

 free from weed-seeds and its adaptability to hold down the canes. We 

 realized twenty cents per quart and were unable to supply the demand. 



Currants were a lighter crop. They blossomed well, but a late frost 

 destroyed half the bloom. I sold all I had to spare at fourteen cents per 

 quart, and there was a demand for more. 



Russian mulberries were almost a failure. 



Grapes did well; not being uncovered till after our last frost and being 

 planted on high land, they escaped the misfortunes of the other fruits. 

 Worden, Concord and Moore's Early were, I think, the best. 



Apples were not a full crop, yet it was a paying one, Duchess of Olden- 

 burg and Wealthy being the best standards and Whitney No. 20 the 

 best hybrid. 



1 had two Russian apricot trees which blossomed well, but the bearing 

 branches afterwards died, from what cause I do not know. 



I wrote to many fruit growers in my part of the country for reports, 

 but the replies were so few and feeble that I have had to make this report 

 from my own observation. 



REPORT ON GENERAL FRUITS, THIRD CONGRESSIONAL 



DISTRICT. 



G. W. FULLER,. LITCHFIELD. 



The past year has been an excellent one for fruit of all varieties ; and 

 yet, owing to the previous years of drouth and the consequent weakness 

 of the plants in the fall and the superabundant cold rains of the spring, 

 -the strawberries — my own at least — were nearly a failure. We had a 

 hail storm when apples were about half-grown, and currants were ripe, 

 which injured these crops in some places. Yet, there were some very 

 fine apples, Hibernals, Ostrekoffs and some Wealthys, exhibited at our 



