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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Today there are two Duchess and one Transcendent Hving of all 

 that number. At that time he cultivated the ground about them 

 thoroughly. Since 1885 he has made a special point to secure 

 trees growing mainly on their own root's, planting such varieties 

 as Hibernal and Virginia crab, and has ceased cultivating except- 

 ing a small space immediately about the base of the tree, which is 

 kept clean to make it easy to detect insects and protect the trees 

 against rodents preying on them during deep snows. When these 

 trees have grown five to seven years he has top-grafted them with 

 other known varieties, taking special care in setting the scions and 

 training the new growth to have it, as far as possible, growing 

 towards and not azvay from the suti. The trees are nearly all 



Mr. Edson Gaylord, son and family and his "model tret"— an early fall view. 



