EXPERIMENT STATIONS. IT? 
hope that, in the very near future, some facilities will be afforded so 
that instruction may be given in what might be called greenhouse 
laboratory work. This is aline of study which, I believe, could be 
made to occupy a very valuable position in our school curriculum. 
MINNESOTA CITY STATION. 
O. M. LORD, SUPT. 
Strawberries. The first ripe strawberry was picked May twenty- 
eighth; the first full box on the thirtieth. The first shipment was 
made June sixth; the variety, Crystal City; in appearance, habit 
of growth and quality of fruit, it is much like Michels Early. 
The last strawberries shipped were Captain Jack, June twenty- 
‘ninth. The very last berries to be found on the vines were Parker 
Earle, July sixth. The Jessie has been one ofthe best till this year, 
when it apparently suffered with drouth. The VanDeman pro- 
duced no fruit, though the vines were thrifty and appeared to be in 
good condition; it is probably not adapted to sandy soil. Crystal 
City, Bederwood, Warfield, Downer, Capt. Jack, Michels Early, 
Bubach, Crescent, Princess, Parker Earle and Manchester all bore 
good crops. The Timbrel was a failure. 
Black Raspberries. For home use or near market the Palmer is 
superior to any other variety tested here. It ripens with the Tyler or 
Souhegan; it is hardier, has a better habit of growth and bears more 
and better fruit. It is not as valuable for shipping as the Gregg or 
the Nemaha. After testing under like conditions for three years 
with Kansas, Ohio, Davidson’s Thornless and Mammoth Cluster, 
the Palmer is preferred for early and the Nemaha and Gregg for 
later varieties. 
Red Raspberries. Turner, Cuthbert and Shaffer occupy the first 
places over a large number of other kinds. The Philadelphia, Dela- 
ware, Marlboro, Reliance, Henrietta, Brandywine, Ellisdale and 
others have some merits, but are not as reliable fora series of 
years as those first named. 
Grapes. The yield was rather light, but the quality was excel- 
lent. Varieties: Concord, Delaware, Agawam, Moore’s Early, Iona, 
Worden and Lindley. 
Of the plants received from the state station, two Japan plum 
trees and the gooseberry bushes died; the Greenville and No.7 
strawberry plants have made a fair growth. 
As amember of the committee on plums and cherries, I would 
report that of the fifty Russian cherry trees originally set, only 
twenty remain. Fwo of them fruited this year; size of fruit medium, 
quality fair. The Ostheim cherries nearly allturned yellow and fell 
from the trees when about one-fourth size. What fruit matured 
was of good size and of fine quality. 
Of native plums, the Cheney, Rollingstone and Desota bore full 
crops. About twenty other varieties bore more or less, but the fruit 
was not of the average size nor of usual quality. The New Ulm and 
Ocheeda fruited for the first time here. The New Ulm is a valuable 
