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Col. Stevens said that b}' the late action of Congress the grievance was 

 done awaj- with ; the old law had been, or would be restored. 



Mr. Harris desired to hear from members of the Wisconsin State Horticul- 

 tural Societ.v — Messrs. Tuttle and Wille.v — who were present. 



Mr. Smith interposed, and expressed a desire for the Society to wait until 

 to-morrow, when more members would be present to get the beueflt of what 

 the gentlemen from abroad might put forward. 



Mr. Willey said he should like first to hear from the Society itself. He came 

 here to learn something as to the varieties of fruit grown in all portions of 

 the State. 



Col. Stevens proposed to invite the gentlemen from ^^isconsin to seats by 

 the side of the President. 



Mr. Tuttle objected: he. too, came to look on and learn, and Ids present 

 seat, therefore answered all purposes. 



Reports being again announced as in order. .Judge Baker called on Mr. 

 Elliot especially, for a verbal report. 



Mr. Elliot briefly replied, that, not expecting to be called upon for a report, 

 he had little to say further than that he had raised, the past season, about 120 

 bushels of crab apples of various varieties. His soil was sandy, which re- 

 stricted his efforts, it not being so good fbr fruit as clay. His strawberries 

 had been a good deal killed, although currants and raspberries had done very 

 well. The Philadelphia he considered the finest raspberry in cultivation. 



Mr. Harris here presented a report from Mr. Thomas T. Smith, of Mendota, 

 on Transcendent Crabs, as follows : 



St. Paul, Jauuary lo, 1873. 

 A. TV'. McKinatry. Recording Secretary of Mimcesota State Horticultural Society: 



The following Is my answer to j'our circular of December. 20, 1S72: 



I. Utter's Cooper, English Golden Russet. Early Joe. Westfield Seek-no-further, St. Law- 

 rence, Sops of Wine, Wine Sap, Limber Twig. Northern Spy. Blue Pearmain, Sweet Pear, 

 Tallman Sweet, Saxtou or Fall Stripe, Tetofsky, Duchess of Oldenburg, Red Astrachan, Ben 

 Davis. Haas, Fameuse, Perry Russet, Plumb's Cider, Alexander, Wealthy, Soulard Crab, 

 Transcendent Crab, Marengo Crab. 



2. Flemish Beauty. 



3. Delaware, Rogers' Xo. 4, Rogers' No. 15, Creveling, Concord. 



4. Currants, Raspberries and Strawberries. 



5. Duchess of Oldenburg. Transcendent Crab, six bushels. 



7. Yes. By a belt of oaks on south. Ground slopes to north, northwest and west. 



8. No. 



9. No experience. 



10. Plowed and harrowed. 



II. Last cultivated on July 12th: hoed afterwards whenever weeds appeared. Raised cab- 

 bage, onions and root crops; currant bushes^also in orchard. With the exception of Tran- 

 scendents and a few Duchess, my orchard was planted last Spring. 



Respectfully yours. 



Thomas T. Smith. 

 Mendota Township, Dakota county. 



Money Creek, Minn., Jan. 13. 

 A. W. MeKin&try, 



Dear Sir:— Being unable to attend the Horticultural meeting at St. Paul, this week, I will 

 send you a brief statement of my experience in fruit growing. 



The varieties that I have planted are Duchess of Oldenburg, Red Astrachan, Early Red, 

 and Sops of Wine, for early varieties: Fameuse, Saxton and Sweet Pear for autumn varieties: 



