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Mr. Williams, of Indiana, asked for the President's experience in 

 shipping. 



Presl. Earle — I will call on Mr. A. C. Keudel, of Cleveland, 

 Ohio, to tell the story for me. He has handled my berries for a 

 dozen years, many of them soft kinds, and he knows how they ship. 



Mr. Kendel, of Cleveland, Ohio — My experience is, that people 

 like the best quality of berry, and those that keep best, and are wil- 

 ling to pay the highest price for them. When the Wilson is larger, 

 they take the Wilson ; when others are larger, they take them. It 

 all depends upon the variety, and the care with which the fruit is 

 shipped. It is the shipper's fault, in a great many instances, when 

 the berries don't sell. I agree with Mr. Hale, the gentleman from 

 Connecticut, as to making our own fertilizers. If every gentleman 

 here took what was needful for his soil, and mixed it in the proper 

 proportions, he would get his manure for half price. I believe in 

 putting the fertilizers down among the roots, and not on top. 



Mr. Galusha,- of Illinois — We want to know whether other va- 

 rieties than the Wilson have been shipped long distances and with 

 what success. 



Mr. Kendel — We have had berries shipped from Southern Illi- 

 nois to us at Cleveland, about seven hundred and fifty miles. The 

 Sharpless and the Wilson keep equally well. I think it is not so 

 much the distance as the time, and whether the berry is kept warm 

 or cold during the passage. Mr. Galusha said we should develop 

 the public taste ; we should grow the most profitable varieties, and 

 to practice those modes of shipment which would give to consum- 

 ers these palatable varieties. This is what our President has done. 

 He has shipped those very varieties which are called soft a distance 

 of seven hundred and fifty miles, and they arrive in good order. 

 We ought to put better berries on the tables of our consumers. 

 This is what we should do as cultivators of the public taste and as 

 suppliers of the public tables. 



Mr. Smith, of Wisconsin — My experience in shipping berries, 

 with the exception of the Wilson, is this : Wherever they have been 

 thirty-six hours on the road, I have received a letter saying, Don't 

 send me any more. Crescent don't ship well. 



