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now look as if they had never been in a state of cultivation, and would 

 be taken by many to have their virgin timber remaining. 



The surrounding- scenery is beautiful, grand and healthy; yonder to 

 your right is a high and lofty ridge over 1,000 feet above the sea level; 

 near by a deep gulch hundreds of feet deep; in front a sparkling stream 

 winding its way to the Ohio, with rich, fertile valleys suitable for corn, 

 wheat, oats and rye; and to the left and all around you may be seen the 

 curling smoke from the trains, steamboats and factories at Indianapolis, 

 Franklin, Columbus, Martinsville, Bloomington, Bedford, Seymour, New 

 Albany, Madison and many other places that tell us that there are many 

 persons that would like to have a good luscious apple to eat. 



Such as I have partially described is the condition of the soil, the lay 

 of the lands, the climate and the fertility of the soil for growing timbers 

 and fruit, the beautiful seasons and surroundings, the vine-clad hills and 

 . valleys being equal to that of Italy. While the low black and rich lands 

 of the valleys and prairies are the places for raising corn, wheat and 

 other cereals; yet the conveniences of market, the vigorous and healthy 

 growth of the few apple trees that have been planted, the beautiful color, 

 sweet flavor and abundance of the fruit they bear, tell us that the "possi- 

 bilities of growing apples in southern Indiana on a comm.rrcial scale" Is 

 good— yes, very good, and only need the nerve and pluck of some future 

 "Johnnie Appleseed with one pocket filled with appleseed ana the other 

 with his Bible," to come again and demonstrate that those hills and ridges 

 are the places intended by the Great Architect for the raising of apples. 



DISCUSSION. 



T. A. Burton: Mr. President— In considering the possibility of the land 

 and the people, I believe so far as the land is concerned the possibility of 

 Indiana for growing apples is equal to that of any land on earth. But 

 so far as the people are concerned, there is not much hope. They are 

 slow to take a hold. We need more Yankees among them, 



Wm. M. Waltman: One time I was standing on the s.treet in the city 

 of Columbus, and my attention was called to the people that were pass- 

 ing me. 1 began to think of what they were talking about, and I listened, 

 and to my surprise nine out of every ten were talking how to make a 

 dollar. Show the people how to gTow apples, and that the applei? will 

 produce the dollar. I took a piece of land that would not sell for taxes. 

 I bought it in for the walnut trees that wer.e on it. I put out an orchard 

 on that land. The flrst crops I got off of it lirought me iplOO an acre. 

 That's the way to give it a start. Show them it will produce apples, and 

 that apples will produce the money. 



Mr. Kiiigsbui-y: T.et us hear from Mr. I'Mick. 



W. B. Flick: I think Mr. Burton has tonclied one point of the ques- 

 tion, a very important one; so did Mr. Waltman. All we need to do is to 



