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mon, but the dwarf sort, that we call Veitchii, is not common in the woods 

 of Iowa. 



Mr, Bombarger: We are about twenty-five miles from the river out 

 where I live, and for about fifteen years we were afraid to plant the 

 Virginia creeper, but finally some took courage to plant it and it stood the 

 test; it did freeze down, but came out again in the spring, and we have 

 a court house there, a $90,000 building, and it is a sight; the vine is all 

 over it. It killed down once, but it is now a most beautiful thing. We 

 also tried it on the north side of buildings in different parts of the town 

 and it has not gone down on the north side. But I would get some good 

 strong humus when starting the plant. This is the Veitchii, not the Bos- 

 ton ivy. 



President: Speaking of the Ampelopsis Englemanii, or the adhesive 

 variety being wild here, there is another thing in this, the Virginia. If 

 you go as far south as the central portion of eastern Missouri, you will 

 find that the Virginia creeper is there along the Mississipi river, acres 

 of it, hanging over the bluffs there. That does not say that this clinging 

 variety we have here may be Ampelopsis Englemanii, and I don't say that 

 it is. But Professor Clements is in the room, and he has had a little ex- 

 perience on the same line I have had. I sent east for a little of it and 

 got some here and took care of it and protected it and it didn't flourish. 

 I want to say right here, that lots of our plants have been originally 

 wild, indigenous to some section. But undoubtedly this vine that clings, 

 be it Ampelopsis Englemanii or be it whatever it may, it is a splendid 

 vine. 



Mr. Williams: When we arranged the grounds around our court house 

 at Grand Island we wanted some vines planted there, and I planted 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii and it is doing finely. Three years ago it made a 

 growth of nine or ten feet, and we wouldn't ask for anything prettier. 



President: I will ask Professor Clements to give the definition of the 

 poison ivy. 



Professor Clements: The poison ivy, Rhus radicans, is the climbing 

 three-leaved form. The poison kind, which is even more common, is a 

 low shrub two or three feet high called Rhus toxicodendron. But neither 

 has anything to do with the Virginia creeper. 



The following paper was then presented by J. W. Murphy: 



PICKING AND MARKETING FRUIT. 



BY J. W. MUKPHY. 



Mr. President and Gentlemen of the Nebraska State Horticultural Society: 

 When I received a program from Secretary Russell and saw what sub- 

 ject the committee on program had given me, I wondered what I had done 

 to make them think I could give them any information on so important 

 a subject. This is, with one exception, the most important point in fruit 

 growing. The other is to grow fruit "fit" for market. Then your troubles 



