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Mr. Taylor — I am sorry to have the appearance of not being- able 

 to see my friends and listen to horticultural gospel, but the dairy work 

 has now been put into my hands so that time is shortened. I commis- 

 erate myself at not being able to do more and learn more in this work. 

 Ihe Horticultural Exhibit is the apple of my eye. Just executive work 

 is a grind, but I am delighted to be here and listen to horticultural lan- 

 guage, it is like hearing again the language of one's youth. It is a pleas- 

 ure to me to drop in at this time. All this pomological exhibit is not by 

 chance, but a lo^ of men have worked, so that we have a display never 

 before approached at this time of the year, and we are proud of it. 



We shall try to get records that are worthy of publication, that shall 

 be helpful and shall be printed and not buried. We want the most pos- 

 sible made of this. In the selection of jurors we have provided that rep- 

 resentatives of every agricultural and horticultural college shall be 

 brought here, twenty to thirty of them. They will be making studies, 

 taking data, bringing them home to their schools and stations, so that 

 the expansion of knowledge shall reach to every state. The educational 

 advantages must be gotten to the people. We shall try to make it as 

 broad as possible and hope the recipients will be benefited, especially the 

 young men and the experiment stations and colleges. A great good will 

 be started from this exposition. I am delighted to be here, more than at 

 any other organization. My best wishes are yours for all success, and 

 I hope the meeting here will be profitable and that you will enjoy the 

 visit. I thank you for your time and attention. 



DISCUSSION ON ORCHARDING. 



D. A. Robnett — How soon would you put clover in a young orchard ? 



Mr. Williamson — I use potatoes in the orchard for the first two 

 years and find them profitable and good for the soil, but they are a 

 good deal of labor and consequently it is not well to have them for 

 more than two years. Then I put in clover and leave it on the ground, 

 or at least the second crop. 



To return to the topic of varieties I grow eight. The first is Jona- 

 than, and I have them forty years old and they will live another twenty 

 or more, while Ben Davis are gone at the same age. The Jonathan is 

 a heavy bearer and worth more than others. My next varieties are 

 Grime's Golden and Ben Davis, but I do not plant solid blocks of Ben 

 Davis, but have it in moderation. It is a business apple and a tree of 

 business instinct. Potash in the soil improves Ben Davis, and it is as 

 good as Baldwin every time. Speaking of Ben Davis I include the Gano 

 also. It will have fine color when the Ben Davis is slow to color. Wine- 



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