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tured were of very inferior quality. Cherry trees produced the most 

 wonderful crop of fruit that I have ever seen, still the supply was 

 far short of the demand and prices did not fall below ten cents per 

 quart, which I consider very remunerative, and our trees are looking 

 well for further usefulness. Gooseberries were perhaps a good half 

 crop, but nothing more. Blackberries ! well ! to put it mildly, were 

 simply immense and were richly remunerative to the grower. Old 

 plantations of raspberries did fairly well, more perhaps than half a 

 crop, while young plantations were nearly a failure on account of the 

 dry condition of the soil during the winter and early spring; and 

 strawberries shared a like fate with the new plantations of raspber- 

 ries. And here let me say that I do not think the prospects for an 

 abundant crop of small fruit the coming season are very flattering in 

 our district on account of the dry condition of the soil. 



R. N. Day, Director. 



DISCUSSION. 



L. A. Williams, of Iowa — I would ask if it is the rule that 

 young plantations suffer most from the drouth ? 



Day — It is with us. 



L. A. Williams, of Iowa — Well, such is not the case with us in 

 Iowa; it is usually the older plantations that succumb first. 



Harris — The trouble is that Day did not plant his raspberries deep 

 enough ; we plant six or eight inches deep, and have no trouble with 

 our young plantations during drouths. 



Day — I plant near the surface, and I believe this to be the right 

 way, as raspberries are not a deep growing plant. 



Carpenter — You can't plant too deep, especially tip plants. 



Harris — That's right, and you should keep covering them as you 

 cultivate. 



REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE NORTHWESTERN DISTRICT. 



Arcadia, Nebraska, January 1, 1890. 



For various reasons there are but very few that have fruit trees of 

 any variety in bearing. Where good trees of proper varieties have 

 been planted in ground suitably prepared and then cultivated and 

 cared for as they should be the results have been very satisfactory. 



Apples — Prospects very encouraging. 



