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I have received several letters asking if Z, K. Jewett had a 

 nursery of native trees and was filling orders, and I had to 

 answer that he has not had any trees of the kind for eight 

 or ten years. He once had a nursery, but it has gone to 

 grass, but he set a few grafts a year or two ago. He gets 

 shipments from other places and I suppose he reships, but 

 he has not had for ten years any native trees. He adver- 

 tises in the papers as the agent of the Sparta branch. That 

 is quite cheeky, but not quite as cheeky as it is to write to 

 the president signing himself as vice-president. Any 

 man that would do that would sell trees and assert that they 

 were from Greenland. 



Mr. Tuttle — I don't think there is much remedy for this 

 thing myself. I don't like to say much about it for I am in 

 the business of tree selling. I think people like to be hum- 

 bugged. Large prices are obtained and trees are put off 

 that are worthless. I don't know as it can be helped. [ 

 don't think it can. People will continue to buy. 



Mr. Phillips — I don't think there is any use in spending any 

 great amount of time on this subject. Mr. Jewett has sold 

 trees within five miles of my home, and advertises himself as 

 home agent. People ought to know and perhaps do know, that 

 he hasn't had trees for five years. I should like to say a word 

 as to the work of the society not mentioned here. That is 

 this, while these experiments are all right, thare is one 

 branch of the work of the society that has been somewhat 

 neglected and that is the part of the work in getting the 

 young, the boys and girls, interested in the work of the 

 State Horticultural Society. Enough has been said as to 

 the reports by the ladies of the society which have been 

 complimented by all who read the papers. After such 

 papers as were read last night these books should be in the 

 libraries of every farmer of the state, and before we send 

 them to the southern states or any other states we should 

 supply our own state. We should all try to interest the 

 children more. In the Walworth county fair the children 

 are given a chance. It inspires them with ambition. Give 

 them the money they get as premiums. We ought to go to 

 the convention and report something each year. Let each 



