250 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
MINNESOTA CITY EXPERIMENT STATION. 
O. M. LORD, SUPT. 
STRAWBERRIES.—The varieties received from the state department 
are doing well. The Vandeman does not seem to be adapted to sandy 
land; the Jessie is doing fairly well; also Princess, Warfield, Beder- 
wood, Capt. Jack, Crescent and Downer. The Timbrell is not at home 
here. The Bubach has heretofore done well but gave no blossoms 
this year, though the foliage is fine. I am ata loss for the reason, 
Parker Earle is loaded. On trial, the Princeton Chief, Weston, Ar- 
row, Mary and No.7, Greenville. The Lovett will be discarded if it 
continues to stick its nose in the sand. 
CHERRIES.—The trees appear to be healthy and are making a fine 
growth. The young fruit was injured by the frost, and the most of 
it has fallen off. 
PLUMS.—A few varieties are bearing quite well. The Forest Gar- 
den and Cheney suffered severely with drouth last year, while some 
of the contiguous Russians did not suffer. The Rollingstone and 
Desota are, as usual, full of fruit. No other varieties are bearing 
heavily. 
The gooseberries received last year died with the drouth. Those 
in bearing are full, viz: Pearl,Red Jacket and the Columbus, the last 
named being of very large size. 
RASPBERRIES.—Palmer, Gregg and Nemaha promise a heavy 
crop. Of reds the Turner and Cuthbert are very fine. Shaffer was 
not covered last winter and was badly killed, but will give a partial 
crop. The Cuthbert, Logan and Columbian are growing finely. 
MONTEVIDEO EXPERIMENT STATION. 
LYCURGUS R. MOYER, SUPT. 
A very dry summer and autumn was succeeded by a very dry and 
cold winter. Through the coldest weather there was little or no 
snow on the ground. It wasa “test winter.” So dry was the season 
that many of the soft maples (Acer dasycarpum) planted along the 
streets in Montevideo died. Box elders, too, were greatly injured, 
and this spring shows many dead and dying branches. 
SOME THINGS THAT HAVE FAILED. 
Among the many failures on the prairies of western Minnesota 
we might note: Deutzia gracilis, Lonicera Halleana, Althea, Caly- 
canthus Floridus, Chinanthus Virginica, Spiraea Japonica, Elaeag- 
nus longipes, Lonicera Belgica, Salix Napoleonensis, Ampelopsis 
Vetchii, Pyrus Japonica, Laburnum, Ligustrum vulgare, Cornus 
Mas, Cornus sanguinea, Salix laurifolia, Salix acutifolia, Aesculus. 
SHEPHERDIA.—The first shrub to bloom on our grounds this 
spring was the buffalo-berry. It bloomed about the middle of 
April. Our bushes proved to be all staminate, so we do not look 
for any fruit. They were evidently made from cuttings from a 
staminate bush. We have not succeeded in raising the shepherdia 
from seed. Doubtless, the open prairies of western Minnesota are 
too dry to make the propagation from seed a success. 
