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of the Winesap, and 1 furllior knuw that half the trees we send out 

 from our uursiiy are Ben Davis; but what haa been the rule in the past 

 can not alwaj-s be safe for the future. If you have observed it, quite a 

 number of these gentlemen were asked Avhether they spraj'ed, and they 

 had not sprayed at all, or so little as to not amount to much. But take 

 the men who are spraying, cultivating and pruning their trees, and rais- 

 ing hrgh-grade fruit, and you will find that they do not think much oi 

 the Ben Davis. The Ben Davis Avill not be the apple in this State a little 

 later on. I still say that the Winesap is the apple for southern Indiana 

 if properly cared for. You can not plant corn, even in a good corn coun- 

 try, and never pay any attention to it, and realize what you would from 

 it if it were properly cultivated. And the orchard needs to be cultivated 

 as well as the corn. 



Mrs. Lindley; 1 should like to know how many of you have any 

 trouble to interest your children in caring for plants, fruits and flowers. 

 We do not have a bit of trouble with ours. We do not do it on a large 

 scale, just for ourselves, but the children delight in it. Even our little 

 boy, a very little fellow, enjoys it. I thinlc that depends largely on 

 how you do these things. 



Mr. Hobbs: The way lu iulerest children in tlie worlc is to l)e iuter- 

 "ested j-ourself, and Mrs. Lindley takes the right plan in going into the 

 garden or orchard with her children. Unless you have a phenomenal 

 case in the family, where they strike out along those lines of their own 

 accord, you will liave to Avork with them. It is not the normal condi- 

 tion of affairs wiien children take up these matters of their own volition. 

 I find mj' little boy, who is with me here today, has become very much 

 more interested in this line than the rest of my children, and I think that 

 is because he is always with me and I am interested in horticulture. He 

 hears these matters discussed and takes a livel}' interest in them, and 

 the little fellow has procured a Avonderful amount of information on 

 the subject, simply because we come in contact with nature so much 

 together, and he will ask questions, and I have tried to give him all 

 tin- information at my command. 



Chainnan Latta: The next subject we Avill have is one of great im- 

 portance to this section— "The Apple and How to Grow It," by Mr. .Toe 

 A. Burton. 



Mr. I'.iU'ton: Mr. Cliairm;in, Ladies and Gentlemen— I suppose that 

 no one will dispute that the apple is entitled to be called "the king of all 

 fruit," and I will state that southern Indiana is the very happiest home 

 of the apple. If you have any intention of planting an apple orchard, I 

 want to talk to you. al)out where to plant, what to plant, liow to plant. 

 and the time, and how to cultivate, and to gather. 



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