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But if my blimdei-s in this attempt will have the effect of 

 drawing out the knowledge of the knowing ones, then, not all of 

 this valuable time will have been lost. 



What I do know about pears is limited to the experience gained 

 in the way of providing a choice selection of this delicious fruit 

 for home use, simply an ordinary farmer's experience. 



DISCUSSION. 



Mr. Atkinson : I am a pear man. It seems to me that there 

 is possibly a wrong impression. Are you sure of the pears you 

 caU Idaho? 



Mr. Shroyer: Well, I got them from the nurseryman 

 for that. 



Mr. Atkinson: My experience is that the trees I got for 

 Idaho have not been profitable. The original tree I got has 

 never borne any. 



Mr. Martin: This is the first paper on pears that I have 

 ever heard in Nebraska, and it is a good one. I think south- 

 eastern Nebraska has ideal places for pears. I think pears can 

 be grown there profitably, but we must stay with it. 



Mr. Shroyer : I bought a good many pear trees a year ago, 

 and I got a few Idaho in them. They did all right for me, and 

 I think it is a fine pear. 



Mr. Hadkinson: At St. Louis the Nebraska grown pears 

 were commented upon quite freely. 



Mr. Masters: I would hke to say just a word about the 

 Idaho pear. I got a few Idaho, paid good prices for them, and 

 I believe it is genuine and all right. The original tree has not 

 borne a pear yet, but I took some scions from it and grafted them 

 into the limbs of a bearing tree and got quite a number of speci- 

 mens of the Idaho pear. It looks very much like the Duchess, 

 but don't ripen at the same time. It is fully as good a pear I 

 think. I don't think it will blight any worse than other 

 varieties. 



The President: If there are no further questions or remarks 

 we will now hear from Mr. Frank Williams of Tecumseh, on 

 The Physiology and Pathology of Pruning. 



