xperiment tations, 1894, 
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ANNUAL REPORTS. 
CENTRAL STATION, ST. ANTHONY PARK. 
PROF. S. B. GREEN, SUPT. 
Mr. President and Members of the Minnesota Horticultural So- 
ciety. 
It gives me great pleasure to report to you at this time. The past 
season has been, perhaps, the most disastrous one known for the 
horticultural and agricultural interests of this section, and, yet, we 
have not suffered more than our co-laborers in what are generally 
considered a more favorable locations; and that increased interest 
is taken in horticultural subjects is plainly shown in many ways. 
The experiment stations of the State Horticultural Society are 
generally in good condition and doing valuable work for the cause 
of horticulture. The central station has established a new experi- 
mental farm in Lyon county for general experiment purposes, and 
horticulture is to have a fair representation in the work there. I 
know of no section of the state needing experiment work more or 
offering a more fruitful field for usefulness in this line. A supply 
of four kinds of Russian willows, the hardiest of the desirable ap- 
ples, plums and cherries and a considerable variety of deciduous 
ornamental trees, shrubs and coniferous evergreens have been sent 
there. 
The crops on the land devoted to this division have been fairly 
good, while some have done unusually well. This may be accounted 
for by the retentive nature of the soil, heavy manuring and careful 
cultivation. The history of this work in detail, is as follows: 
Publications. Two bulletins have been published by the horti- 
cultural division of the central experiment station. Bulletin No. 38, 
twenty-one pages, is devoted to a discussion of the subject of garden 
tillage and garden cultivators. Bulletin No. 39, of thirty-one pages, 
is devoted to a report on forty varieties of potatoes; treatment for 
potato scab and blight; variety tests of tomatoes and treatment for 
the prevention of tomato rot; variety tests of strawberries and rasp- 
berries; and treatment for apple tree sunscald and cane rust of 
raspberries. 
The two bulletins above referred to can be had by applying to this 
experiment station, and the results reported there at length will not 
be found in this report. 
Apples. The apple orchards on the university farm have made a 
very satisfactory growth and have produced a small amountof fruit. 
There are now 325 varieties of apples on trial in these orchards, 
many of which have been imported from Russia. The treesare still 
