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and some of that class will grow there. We have had trouble 

 there with the shot-hole fungus the same as you have here. 



Mr. E. M. Pollard: I would like to add a word about the 

 Wealthy apple. The one apple that the Montana people had on 

 exhibition at St. Louis, and which they recommended as doing 

 the best for them, was the Wealthy. It came out in fine condi- 

 tion. It was a revelation to me. With us the Wealthy is a 

 summer apple, but in Montana it is an early winter apple. It 

 does not scald and is an all 'round good apple. 



Mr. Yager: That Surprise plum was certainly a surprise to 

 all who saw it at St. Louis. The quality is exceedingly fine. I 

 think all that Professor Green has said for this plum is aU right. 

 It is going to be all right for this country. It is also a good 

 nursery tree. 



The PREsroENT: If there are no further questions or re- 

 marks on this subject , we will now pass on to the next number 

 of our program. "Western Horticulture, "by Mr. E. P. Stephens 

 of Crete. 



WESTERN HORTICULTURE. 



BY E. F. STEPHENS, CRETE. 



Felloiv Members of the State Horticultural Society^ Ladies and 

 Gentlemen: The public so far has always connected Nebraska 

 orcharding with the eastern counties of the state. Central and 

 western Nebraska has been practically unknown horticulturally. 

 The public is tardily awakening to the fact however that there 

 are in that part of the state districts as well suited to the grow- 

 ing of excellent fruit as the best Kansas and Colorado counties. 



In addition to the three million acres of land capable of irri- 

 gation in Nebraska, of which one million acres is already cov- 

 ered with a network of ditches, we have considerable areas of 

 valley lands which are sub-irrigated. I refer to the valleys of 

 the Platte, the Republican, and the Loup rivers, which are sub- 

 irrigated by the river water at a depth of from four to ten feet. 

 This supply of water is unhmited and is available as long as these 

 rivers flow. This system of irrigation is silent, sure, and effective. 



