44 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



RESPONSE. 

 Pres. W. A. Harrison. 



In. the name of our Society, I wish to thank Professor Hunter for the 

 cordial welcome extended to us. We appreciate the privilege of holding 

 our meeting with you, and hope that we may cooperate even more closely 

 in the future than we have done in the past. It has been very satisfac- 

 tory to us to be able to work together so pleasantly. We realize the need 

 of your help and the benefit of your experiments, and we should be of 

 mutual benefit to each other. 



When we come to look at the magnificent fruit and flower shows 

 that we have here, we can not help but go wild with enthusiasm and want 

 to yell "hurrah for Nebraska." You do not need to go to California for 

 flowers, and if orchards are worth $1,000 per acre in Colorado and other 

 western states, the Nebraska orchards ought to be worth $2,000 per acre. 

 Our orchard expense is less, our market is better, our quality is better, 

 and our fruit keeps longer. We have got the best apple country in the 

 world right here at our door, and it is up to us to show the public. For 

 one thing we need a larger membership in our Horticultural Society and 

 another thing that we need is a publicity bureau. If we could make one- 

 half the noise that those western fellows do, we could turn eastern Ne- 

 braska into one immense apple orchard. Now let us all get together and 

 do some team work. If every member of the Society would pledge him- 

 self to get one new member, we could soon have the largest society in 

 the West. We have got a job on our hands here that is worth while. 



The President: The next paper will be by Mr. F. W. HofMann of 

 Peru, Nebraska. 



MERITS AND DEMERITS OF GRAPES RECOMMENDED FOR THE 



MIDDLE WEST. 



F. W. HofMann, Peru. 



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This paper will simply be in the nature of a review. It is often a 

 good plan to brush upi on some of the old information. If we wish to 

 keep a tool bright and shiny we must use it. Besides, a young genera- 

 tion is gradually taking the place of the old, and that generation must 

 respect the information of the older generation. 



It is a hard matter to bring up anything new and original in the sub- 

 ject of grapes, yet it is considerably interesting to review some of our 

 information. It would be well to become thoroughly acquainted with the 

 varieties that are recommended for Nebraska. Being thoroughly ac- 

 quainted with a variety, a grower will give it corresponding attention. 

 Growers often are not Avell enough informed as to the characteristics of 

 a variety and consequently fall short when it comes to getting ideal re- 

 sults. Perhaps the best known grape is the Concord. No grape is more 

 pvtenslvely grown in this country, nor is there a better example of a 



