STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 31^ 



very interesting and valuable, not only to your own state, but to 

 fruit and other cultivators in different localities. The individual 

 reports show that their authors know of what they write. Your 

 method of proceedure, first to introduce the subject, then discuss it 

 and bring out the experience of cultivators, is a good one. I 

 notice you still keep the designation of Rogers' grapes by numbers. 

 This has already led to confusion, and should be abandoned unless 

 the name is also used. For instance, the Wilder (No. 4) is also 

 known as No. 9, which is an error. No. 9 is Lindley, and so on 

 with others. I suppose "the horticulturist" alluded to in the 

 strawberry discussion may be myself, as many years since I 

 remarked that there were three absolute prerequisites for success 

 with the strawberry — first, plenty of water; second, a little more 

 water; third, more water still. 



I shall soon fix the time for the next meeting of the American 

 Pomological Society in Philadelphia, and trust your society will be 

 fully represented by men and fruits. 



Yours respectfully, 



MARSHALL P. WILDER. 



Mr. GiBBS, Secretary, etc. 



LETTERS FROM PROF. BUDD. 



Iowa Agricultural Society, ) 

 Ames, Iowa, Dec. 8, 1882. ] 

 Oliver Gihhs^ Jr. 



My Dear Sir : i^our kind letter is at hand. With you Anto- 

 nooka would succeed I am sure. This is the best winter apple I 

 know ot that will be sure to live as far north as you are, and most 

 likely Minneapolis. I have not known it to kill even at Tula, 

 with 45 degrees below zero without snow. The apples of Kazan 

 grow larger farther south, but in all cases they are slow-growing 

 varieties, yet they bear when very small. The Anis Alui, for in- 

 stance, is a North Pole apple. It should grow in Manitoba, or up 

 on Leaf River, but with you I am quite certain it might blight. 

 The grade of Antonooka that will grow at Say Tula (300 miles 



