IN MEMOKIAM, O. M. LQKD. 7 



While it may be said father made a "hobby"' of plums, he also 

 was very devoted to experimenting with apples. A friend of 

 many years, writes the following: "The Lord's L apple is a 

 very pretty and nice little fruit of some value, as the quality is 

 good and it keeps fairly until mid-winter. It is somewhat propa- 

 gated by the nurserymen, and is this year to be found on the pre- 

 mium list of the Minnesota State Fair and the Horticultural So- 

 ciety/^ 



Father was also a great lover of flowers. If he took a walk 

 on the bluflfs or through the fields, he seldom came home without 

 a handful of wild flowers, because he loved them — and he could 



A Lord's L apple tree, six years from the graft, loaded with fruit, on place of 

 Mr. Frank Yahnke, Winona. 



name any variety. To the last hours he lived, show him a rose or 

 any favorite flower, he would smile and- say, "How beautiful !" 



There were seven children in the family — and only all together 

 one day of our lives. The family circle was first broken by the 



