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crop, but during the wet seasons we had they gave good returns. 

 That is about all that can be said against the Warfield. 



Mr. J. H. Williams : Is there danger of the Warfield running 

 too much ? 



Mr. Wright : The Warfield is a good plant-maker, but I never 

 experienced any trouble in that direction. 



Mr. Martin Penning: I would like to ask Mr. Wright how he 

 regards the Fay's Prolific currant? 



Mr. Wright: The Fay in our vicinity produces a splendid cur- 

 rant, and for a year or two gives good returns, but after that it does 

 not seem to do so well. 



Mr. Penning : With what do you fertilize the Warfield ? 



Mr. Wright : We have the standard staminate varieties, but the 

 Bederwood is the most common of all that blossom at that time. 



The President : While speaking of currants I want to put in a 

 word myself, especially in regard to varieties. I happened to be 

 in St. Louis during the time the currants were at the exposition, 

 and we showed some of the nicest currants that were there. I think 

 the finest currants shown from Minnesota were the Pomona ; they 

 were the largest and most showy ; they are a variety that attract 

 much attention. However, in the New York exhibit there was a 

 new variety, called the Perfection, which were the largest I have 

 ever seen. It seemed almost miraculous to me to see such currants ; 

 I could scarcely believe my eyes were not deceiving me; they were 

 absolutely most astonishing to look at. Since then I have seen one 

 of the men who travels for our largest nursery firm, and who is ac- 

 quainted with this variety, and he tells me he has been watching this 

 currant for a considerable length of time, and he says it is not only 

 productive, but it is also a good fruit. 



Mr. A. Brackett : I want to say one thing more about the War- 

 field not standing the dry weather. After this variety was in blossom 

 the past season we were having some very dry weather, and I never 

 knew of so many plants being killed out. I found the leaves were 

 beginning to wilt, and I thought the ground would not support 

 them. I thought the condition was caused by the dry weather. We 

 live close by the lake, and I had my boy dig six or seven holes and 

 put a wheelbarrow load of manure in each. We put on a barrel of 

 water and the next morning we could see a marked difference. We 

 sold a great many berries from that patch, and many of them meas- 

 ured one and one-quarter inches in diameter. 



Mr. C. C. Hunter: I would like to inquire whether anybody 

 knows anything about the Red Cross currant ? I know that a good 

 many farmers are setting them out. 



Mr. Gust. Johnson : I have tried the Red Cross currant and 

 I like it the best of any. 



Mr. Hunter : Is it a good shipping currant ? 



Mr. Johnson : Yes, it is very good for that purpose. 



The President : Has any one tried the Perfection, about which 

 I spoke a few moments ago? 



Mr. John Nordine : The Jewell Nursery Co. has propagated 

 the Perfection for two years. We have not propagated it very long, 



