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to US, and to the states lying- east and west, and, in fact, to all the 

 states along- the northern portion of the United States. 



I want especially to mention, too, this work of Mr. Perkins. I 

 am quite sure I am correct when I say that Mr. Perkins never 

 did anything in his life out of which he got so much comfort and 

 honor and fun as he did out of this batch of seedlings. He has 

 had just the nicest time possible since those apple trees came into 

 bearing, and people have patted him on the back and said 



Mr. A. J. Philips: Didn't his wife plant the seeds? 



Prof. Green : Yes, but he gets the glory out of it. They stand 

 there as a monument; they stand there as a memorial. They are 

 worthy to stand by because we have proven them to be what they 

 were represented to be, and in that way he has helped us to build 

 up this system of horticulture we have today. 



I could go on and name a lot of other men who have done good 

 work along this line. I know the work of Mr. Richardson, of Mr. 

 Patten, of Mr. Kenney along those lines, and the work of a whole 

 lot of other people. I have been with you now for seventeen years, 

 and I want you to understand that the longer I am with you the 

 more I respect you, and the more I want to help you in your work. 



I just came up here to sort of put the tail on the end of the 

 kite and to supply a little wind to keep it up, but I honestly and 

 truly believe every word I have said. (Applause.) 



The President: Now this committee report and the discussion 

 upon it would not be complete if we did not hear a word from Mr. 

 Lord, the third member of the committee. 



Mr. O. M. Lord: I just wish to emphasize one point that Mr. 

 Elliot made in regard to the first production of a seedling. He 

 said we should continue it even if it did not promise well. Mr. 

 Mitchell, of Iowa, an old nurseryman, told me that the first pro- 

 duction of an apple was no indication of its after production. That 

 frequently an apple would be very sour and afterward would .be- 

 come sweet, or that at first it might be sweet and then it would 

 become sour. He also said the fruit would grow larger as it grew 

 older. So it establishes the fact that we cannot make a prediction 

 of what a seedling will do. 



Novel Way to Grow Nasturtiums.— Last summer we experimented 

 with nasturtiums. We placed three layers of sod upside down on top of each 

 other on each side of the driveway, which is more than 100 feet from the 

 house to the road. With a sharp pointed stick we made a hole about 2 inches 

 deep and dropped in the seed. The driveway was beautiful all summer and 

 one solid mass of bloom until the heavy frosts came. The plants were not 

 watered at all and although the season was very dry, they did not show signs 

 of wilting and yielded quarts of seed, beside the immense amount of flowers 

 plucked and given away. 



