STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 195 



EEPORT OF G. W. FULLER. 



Litchfield, Minn., Jan. 22, 188.5. 

 T. M. Smith, Esq.: 



Dear Sir: Your card received, and would have been answered 

 before but I have been away from home. I am sorry to say I can 

 not give you very definite figures about our fruit and so will not 

 give many. 



Our Wealthys bore very full, so that we had to pick a good 

 many when not half grown. 



The crabs bore nearly as well; our Whitney ISo. 20 have not 

 yet began to bear well. But the Tetofsky and Duchess only gave 

 a fair crop. 



Strawberries bore finely but as we dig plants from most of our 

 beds, can not give figures. 



The dry weather hurt our raspberries and currants so we only 

 got a two -thirds crop. 



The Cuthbert seemed to stand the dry weather better than 

 others. 



The long fall gave grapes a chance to ripen up well, and we 

 gathered some fine ones, though we are not well situated for 

 raising them. Yours truly. Geo. G. Fuller. 



EEPORT FROM J. C. KRAMER. 



La Crescent, Minn., Jan. 19, 1885. 



T. M. Smith, St. Paul, Minn.: 



Sir: — Your card received. I would say in regard to your 

 wishes, that I am not able to send a full report upon fruits of 

 this vicinity, but will try to do so to the best of my knowledge. 



First, the apple crop has been a fair one but the fruit rather 

 poor and wormy. The trees are dying out badly. I have lost 

 almost all my apple trees; two Talman Sweet, two Russet, one 

 Snow Apple. Duchess is sound; also the Tetofsky. I think we 

 shall have to commence raising seedlings altogether. I have so 

 far had good success with seedlings; have now ten trees in bear- 

 ing. Some of them are very good. Have had more benefit from 

 my seedlings than from all the trees I have ever bought. Have 

 some nice samples on hand which I had intended to exhibit at 

 the annual meeting, but the weather is such that I cannot come 

 up. As soon as the weather will permit will send them to you 



