STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 311 



FROM E. H. S. DARTT. 



OwATONNA, Minn., April 25, 1885. 



I regard it too early iu the season to determine, even appprox- 

 niately, the extent of injury trees have received. I expect they 

 will continue to die for a year or two from effects of extreme cold 

 of past winter. I answer your questions briefly. 



First — Seriously. 



Second — All injured more or less. 



Third — Russians. 



Fourth — A blackening of wood from a point eight to ten inches 

 from the ground upward. This point was apparently the snow 

 line at the time of the coldest weather, December 25th. The 

 line is very distinct, one half inch changing from perfectly sound 

 wood below to the apparently dead wood above. In some vari- 

 eties, notably the Duchess and Tetofsky, the dividing line be- 

 tween the bark and wood remains distinct, the bark appearing 

 healthy. I think most of these will live, while in some other 

 varieties the blackening of wood seems to extend into the inner 

 bark, and I look for many of these to die during the season. 



Fifth — Apparently fair. 



Sixth — No. 



Seventh — Mostly in apparently good condition. Some are 

 badly injured. 



Eighth — 1^0. 



Ninth — A great many varieties of soils and aspects. No pro- 

 tection except by wind breaks. 



Tenth — All right as far as I know. I regard the prospect fav- 

 orable for a good crop of fruit. 



FROM J. W. POOLE. 



Eureka, Dakota Co., Minn., April 27, 1885. 

 I find the past winter has proven one of the severest we have 

 had for years on apple trees; from the present appearance nearly 

 all of the hybrids are somewhat affected. Even on the Wealthy 

 the wood is badly colored on last year's growth; Duchess damaged 

 some; the Orange crab seems to stand the test the best of any in 

 my orchard. Stone's Hardy blackberry are killed down past the 

 snow line nearly to the ground, and I have my doubts if they 

 will prove worth bothering with. In central Minnesota, from 

 the present appearances, a fair crop of raspberries will be real- 



