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2. Have none except noted before. 



3. Have none except noted before. 



4. Have none except noted before. 



5. Do not know of any in this part of State. 



6. Do not know of any in this part of State. 



7. None proved entirely hardy but Transcendent. Do not 

 know of any Siberian crabs alive around here now. 



8. Have two seedling crabs; received them among Transcend- 

 ents years ago for Hyslop; bore fruit now for three years; apples 

 small and very acid. Color, light yellow green. The next is a 

 larger apple, shape more regular, color white waxy. Have 

 planted seeds of both and would like to know if the stock might 

 prove of value for top grafting; it will do for rootgrafting; trees 

 perfectly hardy, more so if possible than Transcendant (T. 142, 

 R. 48,) age twelve years. 



9. Deep black loam. Exposure southeast. Protected on 

 south by planted timberlDelt 50 feet wide; on west and north by 

 Red river and belt of timber in bottom along its banks. 



10. Raspberries have only succeeded with the native ones,, 

 indigenous here. Currants all right and prospects for crop very 

 good. Strawberries, too soon to tell about. No Grapes to my 

 knowledge, of cultivated sorts here. Have given up long ago to 

 attempt any further trials. Imported Blackberries last spring 

 but have not uncovered them yet, covered them with earth last 

 fall knowing by former experience that they winterkill here. 



FROM R. L. COTTERELL. 



Dover, Olmsted County, Minn., March 28, 1885. 



I acknowledge the receipt of your circular. I am sorry that I 

 cannot give you the desired information; I wish I could. I am 

 anxious to read all I can relative to the subject. I have not been 

 able, from the examination I have given my trees thus far, to ar- 

 rive at any definite conclusion. 



FROM M. CUTLER. 



Sumter, Minn., March 31, 1885. 

 Wealthy badly used up; Duchess injured some. "Whitney No. 

 20 seems to be all right, and Transcendent in pretty fair shape; 



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