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had tried it and liked it very much. It was a free bearer, the 

 quality of the fruit was very fine, but one fault was, that it would 

 not retain its flavor but a short time after ripening. This was an 

 objection to it, except for immediate use or quick sales in the 

 market. 



Mr. Plumb said he could indorse the opinion expressed in re- 

 gard to the quality and excellence of No. 20. It was a crab of 

 much merit. 



Fruit Growing in Northern Wisconsin. — At the close of 

 this discussion Mr. Plumb spoke of the advantages pos- 

 sessed by northern and especially northeastern Wisconsin for 

 fruit growing, explaining and illustrating the subject by reference 

 to a geological and climatic chart of the state. In the compo- 

 sition of the soil and modifying influences of location and expos- 

 ure, he stated that many portions of Door, Calumet, Brown, Mani- 

 towoc and Kewaunee counties were better adapted to fruit raising 

 especially apples and pears, than the more southern and middle 

 parts of the state. That section of the state might truly be 

 called the Michigan of Wisconsin ; he believed there were many 

 locations in these counties that could compete advantageously 

 with the most favored sections across the lake. He also cited the 

 celebrated pear orchard near Green Bay as proof of this. He be- 

 lieved this orchard was just beginning to do its mission work, and 

 that it is the seed, so to speak, from which many pear orchards 

 will develop throughout that section. There were hundreds of 

 locations in the counties named, and especially Door, where the 

 conditions are just as favorable, as in this orchard, and where, 

 with proper care, investments in fruit culture would yield large 

 and sure returns. Another advantage this section enjoyed was 

 that the codling moth, tent caterpillar and other insect foes are 

 not so prevalent, so destructive as in the southern part of the state. 



Thursday, June 24. 

 Most of the members availed themselves of the morning hours 

 to visit the well known pear orchard on the Dougherty farm near 

 Green Bay, and also to examine the fine garden of President 



