al
stations and many other places. Some very favorable reports from several
places have been received during the last year from parties who have
fruited these new creations. We also have some hybrid peach and apricot
seedlings which have stood the test of the last two winters. Some of
them blossomed very freely last spring, but on account of the hard
freeze in May they did not set any fruit. I hope to be able to report on
these another year.

[Illustration: Hybrid plum No. 21--at Minnesota State Fruit-Breeding
Farm.]

The results of breeding strawberries have given us one everbearing and
one June-bearing variety, which have been tested in many places
throughout the state. The June-bearing variety has been introduced as
Minnesota No. 3. The berries are almost identical with Senator Dunlap in
color and shape, but somewhat larger and, I think, more productive. The
plants are equal to Dunlap in hardiness, or more so, a stronger plant,
and a good plant-maker. The fruiting season is about a week earlier than
Dunlap. It is a firm berry and stands shipping a long distance. My
belief is that this variety will make one of the best commercial berries
for the Northwest.

The everbearing variety is known as No. 1017. It is a large, round
berry, dark red color, and is of the best quality. This variety is
strong and vigorous and a good plant-maker when blossoms are picked off
early in the season. It is also very productive. The blossoms and
berries on a number of plants were counted in October, and we found all
the way from 200 to 345 berries and blossoms on single plants. This is,
of course, a little more than the average, but it shows what it will do
under ordinary conditions. This variety has been growing next to
Progressive, on the same soil, with the same cultivation, and I think
that persons who have seen it this summer will agree with me that it is
far ahead of Progressive in size and productiveness. I will say right
here, if you expect to have a good crop of fruit in the fall, keep the
most of the runners off. If you encourage them to make runners, or
plants, you will have less fruit.

The raspberries sent out as Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, are all worthy
of trial. The No. 4 has fruited several years and gave the best showing
so far. The fruit resembles the Marlboro somewhat, but the color is
darker. It is not one of very high quality, but the size of the berry
and its appearance will more then make up for this. The cane