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In regard to fruits ]\Ir. Day writes as follows : "Strawberries were a good crop ; 

 Cresceats did the best, and Green's Prolific did well. Delaware, Concord and 

 Janesville grapes did well." He likes the Delaware the best of all. 



The Turner raspberry stands the winter first rate and bears a good crop. Ber- 

 ries brought 10 to 15 cts. in our market, and grapes 8 to 15 cts. per lb. 



Duchess apple trees were but little injured last winter, and b©re a good crop. 



I append the following report from Mr. Crandali, one of our leading fruit grow- 

 ers. 



Fkcit Kepokt fkom McLeod County. 



M. Cutler, Vice-President Minnesota Horticultural Society. 



Dear Sir: — In answer to your inquiries after fruit culture I give the following : 



(1.) "Give age and description of seedling apple, comparing leaf and body of tree 

 with other apple trees, also condition last Spring." 



Ans. X have some fifteen or twenty Duchess seedlings five years old of which 

 one is a promising, thrifty tree but has not blossomed xet. It is tail and straight, 

 and if the fruit should prove good, would make good nursery stock. The leaf re- 

 sembles the Duchess very much, with perhaps a little resemblance to the Transcend- 

 eat. Some of these seedlings are of very slow growth. Others have been set 

 back by the green aphis, but have done better this season than ever before and may 

 beeome thrifty. None of these Duchess seedlings have ever winter-killed, not even 

 affected by last winter's extremes. Seedlings from Russets and Willowtwigs froze, 

 down every winter as long as their roots lived. 



Last year all of my standard apples black-hearted or killed out entirely except 

 Duchess, The Crabs came through in fair condition, except some young Transcend- 

 ents, which black-hearted. Whitney No. 20, Early Strawberry, and Hyslop showed 

 no signs of black- heart. 



(2.) "How many kinds of strawberries have you, and what was their condition 

 last spring ? Which stood the drought and yielded the best ? 



Ans. Over twenty kinds, besides seedlings. All were covered last winter with 

 marsh hay as usual. Great American, Mount Vernon, Bidwell, Old Iron-clad, and 

 Glendale, a part of Crescents, Sharpless and Cinderilla, were protected by snow 

 through the March thawing and freezing, and were in good condition in the spring;: 

 those not protected by snow except seedlings and Parks Beauty were from one-fifth 

 to four-fifths killed by freezing and thawing. 



Considering the quantity of ground occupied, and the lack of mulching to keep 

 the soil moist, I think the Parks Beauty stood the drought and the winter the beat 

 and bore the heaviest crop. I think the Parks Beauty is not the same as Crescent ,. 

 but it is very much like it with renewed life and vigor. 



Pipers Seedling and Kentucky stood the Avinter as well as the Crescent, and bet- 

 ter than Captain Jack, AVilson, Warren, Big Bob, Cinderilla, Longfellow, and some 

 twenty other kinds. 



(3.) "What can you say about your seedling strawberries?" 



Ans. They were not protected by snow and were not winter-killed. About a 



dozen from Crescent and Sharpless, Crescent and Capt. .Jack, and Sharpless and 



Capt. Jack produced the finest berries on my place. There were more pistillates 



than perte'ct blossoms and generally the pistillates were larger than the hermaphro. 



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