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only fair, Jewell makes too few plants ; Parry rusts badly some seasons, 

 therefore not reliable. Crimson Cluster the best table berry I have, 

 not very productive, cannot stand our hot, dry weather. Bubach has 

 shown itself the best plant I have, no rust, begins to ripen ten days 

 before Belmont, very large, very productive, quality only fair. I think 

 it will be a good shipper if I can only prevent it from growing too large. 

 The Mammoth fruited with me from fall set potted plants, a very fair 

 crop, berries large enough, of good quality, beautiful color, plant not so 

 good as the Bubach, a staminate. I hear some one ask have you got the 

 much praised Jessie .'' Yes, I have and I think it should bear the name 

 of Jewell in place of the plant that does. With one year's trial I think 

 more of it than any berry I have ever fruited. I think it far ahead of 

 the Crescent in every respect, and time will prove it. I will test it with 

 Sucker State, Mr. Miller's favorite berry, next season. I have Sucker 

 State plants set the first of last April. They are immense. My exper- 

 ience in berry growing is i6 years at Kansas City. I am no originator 

 and have come to the same conclusion as Mr. Miller, to buy no more 

 high priced plants, and would say to him if he has some promising 

 seedlings that are quite early and as good as I suppose the Sucker 

 State to be, and he will do to others as he says he wants others to do 

 to him, he can send one dozen each of his two seedlings to me if they 

 are not both pistilate, and I will give them a fair trial under such re.stric- 

 tions as he may dictate. I refer you to President Evans and Secretary 

 Goodman, of Missouri State Horticultural Society. 



• W. M. HOPKINS. 

 751 East Elm Street, Springfield, Mo. 



