298 ANNUAL REPORT. 



new growth killed back some. Strawberries injured some. 

 Think there will be a fair crop of berries if the season is favor- 

 able. Turner and Cuthbert raspberries injured some; cannot 

 tell how badly until growth commences. Currants seem to be 

 all right. The Snyder, Taylor's Prolific and Stone's Hardy 

 blackberries are badly injured. I look for a light croj) of fruit 

 this year. 



FEOM PEESIDENT T. M. SMITH. 



St. Paul, Minn., April 3, 1885. 

 In answer to questions in circular of inquiry, would say that 

 my orchard shows considerable injury from the severe winter. 

 Wealthy badly discolored; Duchess not so much. Have two or 

 three Russian varieties that appear to be uninjured, even to the 

 terminal buds. Where the bai'k is discolored it is difiicult to 

 say the exact extent of the injury; am of opinion the trees will 

 recover. Have not examined other orchards. Mine is on north- 

 ern exposure, on high land, with no protection to trees. Straw- 

 berries covered with wheat straw and all right; covering not yet 

 removed. My raspberries were hurt some, especially Cuthbert 

 and most of the blacks. Hansell and Crimson Beauty appear to 

 "be hardy; Henrietta killed to the snow line. Currants unin- 

 jured. Grapes are well covered and unable to report on them. 

 Think the prospect for small fruit as good as usual, but the 

 apple crop likely to be less, although it is rather early to deter- 

 mine with any degree of certainty. 



FROM J. S. HAREIS, OF LA CEESCEI^T. 



La Crescent, Minn., March 31, 1885. 

 I am making an examination of the trees in my orchard, and 

 noting the visible effects of the last winter upon the same, find 



1 — That nearly all varieties of the standard apples have sus- 

 tained injury from the severity of the past winter. 



2 — The injury to Duchess, Tetofsky, Peach, Wealthy, and 

 McMahon's White is only a slight discoloration of the ends 

 of the twigs of last year's growth, that were forced by the pleas- 

 ant weather of last autumn to make a new start after regular 

 growth had ceased, and will not materially affect the vitality of 

 the trees. 



3 — Haas, Talman Sweet, Utter, and Willow Twig are in- 



