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the orchard and mixing all kinds of apples, and as sure as you mix 

 them in the patch the pickers will mix them in the boxes. 



la regard to Mitchell's Early, I am sure we would all have been 

 in the poor-hou^e if we had raised Mitchell's Early. Of all the varie- 

 ties I ever tried that has been the most worthless. Capt. Jack is a 

 good fertilizer. I will say that I am using Capt. Jack and Eobinson, 

 and this year I have not marketed any of but the Bubach. 



Mr. Tippin struck the key note when he said we must drive out 

 these small berries ; the market now demands everywhere a good- 

 sized firm berry, and the people must have it, and these people who 

 have gone into the business and raise this little trashy stuff, and 

 handle it in a trashy manner, will be driven out of business sooner or 

 later, and the sooner the better. 



By Mr. Van Houten — Some have referred to subsoiling or soil- 

 lifting or loosening. I think those of you who are interested will find 

 something illustrated in volume 31 of Iowa Reporter that will prove of 

 interest to you, and if you want to invest in something cheap and un- 

 patented in the way of a soil lifter that will result with greater benefit 

 to the crop, I think the one illustrated there would prove very valua- 

 ble. 



By Mr. Murray — I certainly did not wish to be understood as mix- 

 ing the varieties to the extent mentioned in planting for market I 

 would certainly alternate the rows. We have to get them reasonably 

 close together if we want the best results ; of course, I would not ad- 

 vise the mixing of anything for market, and I agree with the gentlemen 

 and think the grading would be a good thing. 



By Mr. Bell — I have the pleasure of belonging to the Benton Coun- 

 ty (Ark.) Horticultural Society where we are trying to get up a good 

 society. The President of our Society is a large berry-raiser, he makes 

 large shipments every year and has for the last ten years or more, and 

 he asked me to try and ascertain from this Society what was the 

 standard of a new berry called the Clyde, and I rise to ask the Presi- 

 dent during this meeting to ascertain whether it is known to deserve 

 the reputation it has gained in the locality where it is being raised. 

 We heard that one grower in Missouri has picked eight hundred crates 

 from 2k acres and was only about one-half or two-thirds done picking; 

 that was the report that came to our society at the last meeting and I 

 was requested to ascertain if that was a fact, and we felt interested in 

 the matter on account of the reputation the new berry was said to 

 have. 



By Mr. Miller — I have it now the second year and in my planting 

 this last spring I planted about twenty-four plants each, in twenty rows, 



