308 ANNUAL REPORT. 



FEOM W. GOLDIK 



Plainview, April 8, 1885. 

 Apples — Wealthy uninjured; Russians come out very fine; 

 Tetofsky sound; Duchess injured some on tips of last year's 

 growth. Of crab varieties I have Transcendent, Orange, Hyslop, 

 Minnesota, Whitney No. 20, Strawberry, and some dwarfs, — 

 names not known; all came out sound. Am well protected by 

 large forest on the north and west. Have examined some other 

 orchards, and find them considerably hurt where exposed. Mr. 

 J. Hessing's orchard, which was much exposed. Wealthy and 

 Duchess, all last years' growth dead except some trees on old sod, 

 which are uninjured. The bodies appear sound. Noticed the 

 limbs on Gen. Grant were hurt. A few trees — names I don't recol- 

 lect — were sound. This orchard contains about one hundred trees, 

 but think the most of them will look ^ ' sorry " the coming season; 

 they were all in bearing. He also has a large vineyard for this 

 county, but most of them are yet covered. What we examined 

 are fine; also his strawberries. I have of raspberries Cuthbert, 

 Superb, Turner, Clark, Reliance, and Herstine (red), all in fine 

 condition; Yellow Florence hurt badly; Dayton, Orange, killed 

 to the ground; Davidson's Thornless (black) dead; Doolittles 

 badly hurt; Gregg hurt somewhat. Of blackberries have Tay- 

 lor, Wallace, and Lawton; all dead to snow line. Have had 

 peach trees, but with the best protection I could give them they 

 have now yielded to the inevitable; have had them some three 

 years, but last winter "blocked" my wheel. Pears all dead; 

 quinces dead; currants in good condition, and strawberries all 

 look very fine. My grapes, I think, will come through fine. 

 Fruit prospect for apples is poor. Some fruit buds, but that 

 does not insure fruit on trees. Small fruit prospect good. We 

 are in township 108, range 11, south-east quarter of section 35; 

 Hessing, on section 36; soil, clay, covered with some black 

 mould. Do not know of any unknown variety that is sound near 

 here; there is one tree of some promise, but the ends of limbs are 

 hurt. Should present prospects change I will report. Think it 

 well to delay printing the book until we can see full results from 

 the severity of the past winter. 



