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not had much experience along this line. I should like to hear from three 

 or four of jou about pedigreed plants. I should like to hear from Mr. 

 V^an Deman what he thinks about them. 



Ml-. Van Deman: If you ask me I shall have tq say that I think 

 if you try pedigreed plants one year you will let them alone the next. 

 I think there has been a good deal of hob nob on that point, and I will not 

 spend any time discussing it. I will let theorists do that. 



Prof. Latta: Have you any other questions on this subject that 

 you wish to ask at this time? I believe Mrs. Davis has something to 

 say to us. and we will give her two minutes right how. 



Mrs. Davis: I would like to answer a question that has been asked 

 me a dozen or more times. I have been asked why I raise plums instead 

 of letting Mr. Davis raise them. I want to say to you that I was 

 fortunate enough to get one of the smartest men in Laporte County, 

 but he would not raise plums,' and I wanted plums, so I went into 

 the business myself, and I have made a success of it so far. 



Mrs. DeVilbiss spoke of Mr. MorrelFs orchard and said that his 

 peaches did so much better on the hill than in the valley. Our experience 

 is entirely different. Mr. Davis took the advice of some Michigan friends 

 and planted on the highest spot, and the wind comes along and sweeps 

 through the orchard, and three times our fruit has been killed. In the 

 valley the wind is tempered before it reaches the fruit and it does 

 not winter kill. Without regard to variety they will kill by freezing. 

 I have some of the linest peaches I have ever seen anwwhere. I sent 

 thirty to the w^orld's Fair by American Express, but it took them four 

 days on the way, and when they got there they were spoiled. I find 

 that peaches are very successful in Laporte County, but we did not 

 have success on the hills, and I would not advise anyone to plant 

 there. 



Mr. Kimmel: I would like to ask Mr." Feebles if he considers it of 

 importance to the groAver to propagate his berries? 



Mr. Feebles: I think that this is very important. I think that the 

 grower should grow his own plants himself, and know just what he is 

 gi-Qwing, and grow only the best. 



Mr. Swaim: If this were to happen what would become of the pro- 

 fessional plant growers when each man raised his own plants? 



Mr. Widney: I think that some of them ought to go out of business. 

 Mr. Lode wick and myself have had some experience in getting plants 

 from professional plant growers— I will not mention their names, but the 



