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as full according to size of plants. Those berries were sold in the home 

 market; they sold for double and some select ones for three times what 

 common berries sold for. I think its shipping qualities better than the 

 Crescent. When ripe its color is a dark scarlet, its shape beautiful and 

 its flavor the very best. This last spring I had a patch 125x150 feet; in 

 the patch were five rows of late set plants, and three rows of various 

 seedling that did not yield much. I picked off the patch 145 crates, 

 — we used during the season about five crates in the family. My net 

 profit was three hundred and sixty-seven dollars and eighty-six cents. (I 

 will have no more plants for sale before next August.) The Beauty is a 

 very promising berry, also the Carthage Queen, very prolific and very 

 large — the largest beny I ever saw. 



The Royal Gem is a very fine berry, large stamen bloom; will 

 make a good fertilizer. The Comet is my old stand-by for a fertilizer, 

 and is very prolific. I have a number of others not fully tested. (Notice 

 will be given in due time when they will be on the market.) 



THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6th, 7 P. M. 



Society met and order was called, after the people of Nevada and 

 the members had spent some time in examining the fruits on the tables. 

 This part of the program is a very pleasant and instructive one, because 

 it gives people an opportunity to examine the fruits, and compare 

 them, to learn the names of many varieties, and to decide on what to 

 plant 



The exercises of the evening were opened with a piano duet by 

 Misses Maud Graves and Edna Smith, followed by an invocation pro- 

 nounced by Elder E. B. Cake. 



Boyd Graves then sang a solo, after which Miss Jessie Holloway, ot 

 Butler read a well written paper on the care of flowers, which was heard 

 with marked evidences of appreciation. 



Miss Trix Blanton next sang one of her charming solos, for which 

 she was heartily encored. 



