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983. Astiachanskoe Skwasnoe; — Red Astrachan; — Not Red Astrachan says 

 Mr. Spaulding. It should rather have been translated, Transparent Astrachan. 



984. Anis Kurski;— Koursk Anisette ; I saw this at Mr. Underwood's. A 

 small, green fruit without any basin and very wrinkled at calyx, not of Anis 

 type at all. Dr. Regel received this from Penza, but does not describe it. Mr. 

 Sias says that it resembles Russian Green, of fine quality and keeps pretty well 

 for a fall fruit. Evidently not the same apple as Mr. Underwood's. 



985. Anis Krasnui;— Red Anisette; — A true variety of the Anis. When I 

 saw it in August in Mr. Sias' orehard, it was not fully colored, and, in fact, it 

 seems to have more color than the Yellow Anis growing along side of it. Not 

 the Pink Anis we saw on the Volga. 



987. Anis Schaltui; — Yellow Anisette; — This also is a true Anis. When I 

 tasted it in Mr. Sias orcbard, it was hard in texture and a crude acid. But Mr. 

 Sias says that it does not keep past September. These were top grafted on 

 Crab. Mr. Sias tells me that he has found in his neighborhood trees grafted o 

 apple roots, planted in 1881. The trees seem in perfect health and the fruit 

 about a third larger than that grown on Crab. The fruit, however, ripened in 

 the fall and did not keep. This and the Red Anis above noted, and 3S2 Green 

 Russian, and 413 Skris chapfel or Cross apple, are true varieties of the Anis 

 may prove of great value in the far north. 



988. Ananasnoe; — Pine; — Like Yellow Transparent at Mr. Underwood's. 



PHYSIOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS OF MINNESOTA 

 AGRICULTURE. 



By Prof. C. W. Hall, of the University of Minnesota. 



Minnesota, the center of the continent; Area — land and water— arable — prairie — forest; 

 Forest Trees— cut of pine; River Basins— extent of each; Altitudes of rivers, towns, 

 lakes; Distribution and kinds of Lakes; Drift— its origin and character; fSoils how 

 formed— elements of— effect of rain; Rainfall — in the United States — in Minnesota — its 

 relation to fruit culture; Temperature and Climate— changes of with altitude and dis- 

 tance from the equator; Conditions of successful farming; Forests and Rainfall. 



The State of Minnesota occupies so central a position on the 

 North American continent, that Pigeon Point, its northeastern- 

 most extremity, is but two hundred miles nearer Eastport, Maine» 

 than is St. Vincent, its northwestern most point, to Astoria, Ore- 

 gon ; while starting from its capital city, one must travel but four 

 hundred miles further in a direct line, to reach Bhering Straits, 

 than to reach the Isthmus of Panama. 



Its southern boundary line coincides with parallel 43° 30' and 

 its northern line, except for an area of about one hundred and 



