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the late varieties are more susceptible to fungus diseases and lavort^u by 

 wet seasons these diseases play havoc with them. 



Hardy varieties of grapes are Concord, Moore's Early, Worden, Camp- 

 bell's Early, Brighton and Elvira. They should be put on wires o- trellis 

 after they are two years old and pruned every sprinfe. cutting back so 

 there will be an average of about three buds left for each cane of the 

 last year's growth. 



Strawberries should be planted in combinations as some varieties are 

 not self fertilizing. The Senator Dunlap, Gandy, Crescent, Sample, War- 

 field and Bederwood are desirable varieties. There are many other va- 

 rieties equally meritorious for certain soils and localities, but for gen- 

 eral planting those mentioned are the leaders. A liberal use of fertUij'.er 

 of which barnyard manure is excellent may be used to advantage m the 

 strawberry patch. 



Spraying has become an essential factor in profitable fruit produc 

 tion. It is only the job of a half a day to spray the home orchard of the 

 size above described, and it often makes the difference between success 

 and failure in a fruit crop. Directions for spraying depend upon the 

 fruit to be sprayed. 



This information can alway be obtained from the secretary of rhe 

 State Horticultural Society, or the Experiment Station. 



TREE PLANTING IN NEBRASKA. 

 HON, CHARLES W. SLOAN, GENEVA. 



Nebraska is less than fifty years old. The men prominent in its early 

 history have nearly all passed to the beyond. There were those noted 

 in pioneer life; there were great lawyers; great journalists; some noted 

 military men, and some noted for state-craft. All their claims for recog- 

 nition and fame have been submitted to the impartial judgment of his- 

 tory; but among those, the favorable consideration of Nebraska is per- 

 haps more uniformly accorded to J. Sterling Morton, than to any other. 

 Brilliant though he was, — a ripened scholar and finished orator and 

 bold and uncompromising as were his political views, none of these 

 constitute the basis of his fame. His enduring fame rests large ly upori 

 the outgrowth and development of a sentiment which in his later years 

 appeared upon every letterhead which left Arbor Lodge. That v-as in 

 the form of a command to "Plant Trees." 



The Kings of Controversy and the Dukes of Discussion seldom work 

 great good to their country, state, or nation. The valuable man is he 

 who can discover the greatest need and combine that with a valuable 

 present and effective means of satisfying it. Nebraska was ushered into 

 statehood an apparently barren, treeless plain, which condition pre- 

 vented uniform rainfall, or the complete and satisfactory use of that 

 which fell. The comfort of shade in summer was confined *^o those 



