254 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 
SAUK RAPIDS EXPERIMENT STATION. 
MRS. JENNIE STAGER, SUPT. 
This spring I received from the experiment station at St. Anthony 
Park one dozen Russian apple trees, two each of Silby’s Nos. 5 and 
99, Duchess, Greenwood, Patten’s Greening and Tonka; of plums, 
one each of Forest Garden, Lyman and two each of Homestead, 
Rockford, Desota, Weaver and Rollingstone; of raspberries, one 
dozen each of Ohio and Nemaha; of shrubs, berberry, thunbergia, 
golden spirea, spirea prunifolia, spirea Van Houttii and upright 
honeysuckle; of ornamental trees, one each of golden cottonwood, 
laurel willow and golden willow and quite a number of seedlings; 
Scotch pine and white pine; of grapes, one Amina, three Herbert 
and two each of Winchell, Brighton and Ohio besides a basket of 
greenhouse stock. With the exception of one white pine, all have 
lived and have made an exceptional growth, owing to the frequent 
rains we have had this spring. 
In the north part of the village most of the currants and fruits are 
killed, while at this place owing to the many trees around, especi- 
ally a windbreak at the north, we shall have a medium crop of cur- 
rants, gooseberries and grapes. We thought at first we should 
have neither apples nor plums, but right in the same orchard where 
half of the trees have not a plum left on them from the frost others 
hang so full we have been obliged to remove some. Also the Rus- 
sian apples that we thought ruined, as the petals turned black with 
frost, hang full of apples; so it appears the frost did not harm the 
heart of the bud. From my experience with apples up north here, 
I think the Russians are the only ones we can successfully raise, 
and only the hardiest of those. I also think we can raise some of 
the Russian cherries, as: I have some of them in fruit. The red 
raspberry crop is a complete failure, but black raspberry plants 
that were taken up late have the promise of a faircrop. While my 
strawberry beds are nearly ruined owing to the drouth of last year, 
at the Reformatory and other places where there was an abundance 
of water, the yield will be enormous. 
One thing I noticed about the frost of the twelfth (the severest of 
four we had in succession), it seemed to go in waves. While pota- 
toes, peas and everything was cut down in one place, two hundred 
feet away a bed of gladioli,a foot high,and other flowers, some 
quite tender, entirely escaped. Also, one neighbor had everything 
on the place frozen,and just across the street not a plant was 
touched. 
WHITEWASHING WITH THE SPRAYING PuMP.—The useof Bordeaux 
mixture in the spraying pump suggests that the machine can be 
used to good purpose in spraying whitewash upon greenhouse 
roofs, barn basements and fences. We now apply all the whitewash 
upon our large glass roofs by means of apumpand nozzle. The 
whitewash is made in the ordinary manner, of lime and water, and 
is diluted to about the consistency of thin cream. If alargesurface 
is to be covered, especially if it is difficult to reach, a direct delivery 
nozzle, like the Boss, or a common discharge nozzle, is used, and the 
operator stands several feet away. But if it is desired to cover the 
surface evenly and neatly,the McGowen nozzle is most satisfactory.— 
Canadian Horticulturist. 
