ll, the frost killing the blossoms while not severe enough to
harm the fruit already set.

The cool weather of this past season has probably helped fruit growers
more than it has hindered them, for had it been as hot as it usually is
when we have such a tremendous rainfall, blight would most certainly
have caused much trouble, but as it was we have had practically no
blight at all.

This season has again demonstrated very plainly the advantages of
top-working, such trees making a better growth, and the fruit being more
even, and less troubled with spots, scab, etc.

The plums sent to this station the spring of 1913 bore no fruit at all
this season, but the trees made a fair growth and all appear healthy
except a few that froze back the winter of 1913-14.

The plum trees sent from the central station the spring of 1914 made a
very poor growth that season, owing undoubtedly to the fact that the
roots were dry when reaching here, but this last season all but one made
a splendid growth, and one No. 10, to my surprise, produced five plums
that for beauty and eating qualities would place this variety in the
front rank with the best in the state. We shall watch these trees with
great interest and will report on their actions as they develop.

The four trees of No. 1 plum, sent here the spring of 1915 from the
central station, made a splendid growth, each tree developing fruit buds
in abundance.

Of the seven varieties of raspberries sent here the spring of 1913,
three made good this last season. No. 2 bore a tremendous crop of very
large fruit, in quality the best; No. 4 bore heavily, an all around
good berry and apparently a good shipper; No. 7 produced a good crop,
not quite as large as No. 2, but continued in bearing for a long period.
Further testing will be necessary for these berries, but so far they
look good.

There is little to say about grapes, except the growth has been good,
and the amount of fruit buds started immense, but the frost and
unsuitable weather told the tale--we won't repeat it.

Of strawberries we will say this: If the central station did nothing in
five years except to produce the strawberry known as Minnesota No. 3,
they have still done well. It is hardy, a good shipper, it is delicious
with cream and sugar, a good canner, in fact a great big Senator Dunlap
with no green core, but ripens to the tip. It is also a good plant
producer.

The strawberry known as No. 1017, planted last spring, d