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The above are the varieties which we have had longest on trial 
and which we judge to be of greatest interest to the readers of our 
reports. We have scores of others that are just coming into bear- 
ing that will be reported on as their behavior seems to call for 
notice. 
The following are the dates at which each variety ripened its crop 
in 1894: 
Tetofsky, July 29; White Transparent, August 8; Oldenburg, Au- 
gust 12; Charlamof, August 12; Russian Green, August 17; Volga 
Cross, August 17; Whitney, August 17; Martha Crab, August 24; 
Wealthy, August 26; Brier Sweet crab, August 26; Hibernal, Au- 
gust 28; Antonovka, September 4; Elgin Beauty, September 4; Long- 
field, September 7. 
WINDOM EXPERIMENT STATION. 
DEWAIN COOK, SUPT. 
As I made no report of this station’s work for the last winter 
meeting, I shall have to report backalittle. The plum crop of’94 was 
what might be called fair. The Desota, as usual, bore a heavy crop 
of undersized fruit. The Wolf seems to be my best market plum; 
it is pretty sure to bear a good crop of large plums that are less in- 
jured by the curiculio, or plum gouger, than most other varieties. 
The apple crop for '94 was very light. Apple trees do_ not 
come into bearing as young in our black prairie soil as they do on 
the hill soil. At this station we have more alkali, or potash, in the 
soil than we have any particular use for; it has a tendency to retard 
the formation of fruit buds on the apple trees and the ripening of 
the new growth of all fruit trees and plants. The Okabena bore the 
best of all the apples in ’94, taking the age of the tree into considera- 
tion. I have something over one hundred varieties of apples grow- 
ing. I wish to call attention to what I call the Barney apple as an 
extra long keeping apple. It is a seedling, originating only nine 
miles from here; fruit, small in size; tree, as hardy as any. I put two 
of the apples in my cellar last April,and I have one of them yet. 
The quality of the apple is good. 
The past winter was not hard on the fruit trees; in fact, fruit trees 
never wintered better. The Winsted Pippin was the only variety of 
apple I noticed that killed back any. Our notes show that some- 
thing over sixty varieties bloomed the past spring. The Wealthy 
on our soil proves a shy bearer while young—we have many trees of 
this variety of bearing size that failed to give us any bloom what- 
ever. Among the newer varieties,we are fruiting this year the Oka- 
bena, Daisy, Hotchkiss and Patten’s Greening and several varieties 
of the newer Russians. The apple crop here for ’95 will be very 
small on account of the May frosts. The past not being a test winter, 
I cannot report much upon the hardiness of various varieties. 
With the exception of the tardy bearing of the Wealthy, lam much 
pleased with the behavior and fruit of the Duchess, Wealthy, Whit- 
ney and Minnesota. The following crabs have proved vigorous and 
free from blight, viz: Martha, Virginia, Pride of Minneapolis and 
