STATE HORTICCILTURAL SOCIETY. 109 



The Secretar3^ A. G. Tuttle says he has no further use for the 

 Tetofsky since he became acquainted with Yellow Transparent. 



Mr. Phillips. I set four Fameuse every year for my own use, 



Mr. Sias. I set Fameuse twelve years ago. They are alive and 

 in good bearing. 



Mr. Pearce. I make it a business to travel and study fruits, and 

 I find Fameuse in as good condition as any variety of fifteen years' 

 standing. It does well here in Hennepin county, but is not suited 

 to low locations nor heavy soils. We must study soils and the 

 adaptation of varieties. 



Col. Stevens. Apples have been raised north of 48*. I 

 think some can be grown north that we cannot grow here. 



Mr. Fuller. I would suggest a division for the fruit list, em- 

 bracing the country west of the Big Woods. 



President Sias. That section can raise fruit by planting wind 

 breaks ? 



Mr. Phillips. Not one in fifty people know what varieties you 

 recommend here. Tell them to plant what they find doing best 

 where they live; that is the best advice. 



Several additional motions were made relative to revising the 

 fruit list, but none of them were adopted, and in the pressure 

 of business afterwards no time was found to take it up again, and 

 the matter goes to the executive committee. 



QUESTIOX BOX. 



Is not the Wilson's Albany strawberry the most profitable one 

 to grow for market purposes? 



President J. M. Smith being called upon for his opinion, said: 

 *' I have been growing strawberries for more than twenty-five 

 years. I commenced before the Wilson was introduced. Have 

 grown it twenty-two years and find nothing else so good. Crescent 

 comes next. It is a good bearer, but too soft to ship. Hence 

 market men don't like it. Have plowed under many Crescents as 

 not being worth picking. Wilson is reliably productive. Have 

 failed but once with it in over twenty years. I think the only 

 cause of failure with Wilson is lack of fertility in the soil, ft re- 

 quires rich soil. Crescent does not. Sharpless has not done well 



