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MR. CHRISTY: That depends entirely on the palate; it is merely 

 a. matter of taste. I would just about as soon eat gooseberries; 



MR. YAGER: Is not the Cumberland about the best black rasp- 

 berry that you have? 



MR. CHRISTY: I believe the Palmer is a little sweeter. The 

 Cumberland is a good deal better for size, and it has done well 

 •with us. 



MR, YAGER: They are good up in the northern part of the state. 



MR. KEYSER: In picking berries do you pick them pretty green? 



MR. CHRISTY: That depends on how far they are to go. We 

 make a difference when they are to go long distances. 



MR. BELTZER: I have a question I would like to ask. I would 

 like to know whether it is a fact that the Burbank plum is absolutely 

 worthy of being planted over the state generally. 



A. J. BROWN: We raise the trees all right. But if I were plant- 

 ing Burbank plums down at Geneva, I would plant something else. 



MR. DUNLAP: I think the Persimmon is a good fruit for Ne- 

 braska, and I think Nebraska horticulturists are neglecting it. 



MR. BELTZER: I was talking about the Burbank plum. I want 

 to know something about it. 



MR. DAVIDSON: My Burbanks last year were about the best 

 plums that I ever had. 



H. S. HARRISON: I am satisfied that the Burbank plum is as 

 tardy as any peach in Nebraska. A good many of our peach trees have 

 •died, but we have an orchard of Burbank plums planted the same time 

 as our peach trees, and tue plum trees are in fine shape. We have dis- 

 cussed this Burbank question quite frequently, and I have always ad- 

 vocated the Burbank for this country and west of here. 



A. J. BROWN: I think perhaps if you observe the Burbank al- 

 most anywhere in the western part of the state, you will find that they 

 are doing much better than farther east. I would not plant them in our 

 part of the country, because they drop the foliage. 



MR. DAVIDSON: I would like to know where we can buy per- 

 simmon trees. I believe they are worthy of a trial here. 



THE PRESIDENT: When you get persimmons started, they 



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sprout worse than blackberries, and you cannot get rid of them. I like 

 the fruit all right, but I don't want any of the trees on my place. 



\ MR. VON FORELL: Will the persimmon grow all right? 



