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it, and, doubtless, need only the instruction and encouragement of 

 our society in order to make such attempts successful. 



The fourth question was : What immediate objects have you in 

 view in the above work? 



This question did not seem to be well understood. The idea was 

 to bring- out the particular objects that each v/:^s seeking in the line 

 of work he was pursuing. Of the answers received, eight men- 

 tioned hardiness of varieties adapted to their particular locality, six 

 mentioned long keeping apples and nine mentioned c|uality. The 

 desire for quality and late keeping over mere hardiness, indicates 

 the general advance that has been made in our Northern horticul- 

 ture. Had such questions been sent out twenty-five years ago, 

 there is no doubt that hardiness would have been shown to be the 

 main object with at least nine-tenths of those engaged in originating 

 new varieties. 



The fifth question was : What interesf'ng discoveries in new 

 varieties have you made? 



To this question ten answers were made, which we condense as 

 follows : Ole J. Hagen, Hendrum. N. W. Minnesota, "Johnson's 

 No. 6 apple." Otto Kankel, Fertile, N. W. Minnesota, " have hopes 

 that my seedling strawberries will be an improvement " Seth Ken- 

 ney, Morristown, So. Minnesota, "think the Gould crab imparts 

 hardiness to winter apples worked on it.'' H. H. S. Rowell, Ex- 

 celsior, Cent. Minnesota, "have developed a promising seedling po- 

 tato." M. Olson, Montevideo, West. Minnesota, "have a seedling 

 blackcap better than the Souhegan or Gregg, so far strictly iron- 

 clad." Jens A. Jensen, Rose Creek, So. Minnesota, "a seedling 

 apple a mile from my place, fine red color, good size, early winter 

 dessert." Erick Omland, Mcintosh, No. Minnesota, "a native plum 

 ripening with the Aitkin, similar but much better." PVank Yahnke, 

 Winona, S. E. Minnesota, "crossing Hyslop crab with Tetofsky 

 produces a better fruit tree than either." O. W. Moore, Spring 

 Valley, S. E. Minnesota, "Japan plum top-worked, probably on na- 

 tive, has stood well two years and shows fruit buds." Henry Duns- 

 more, Olivia, W. Minnesota, "the Kaump apple is the only one with 

 me that has been entirely free from blight." 



While the need of better orchard varieties is the most pressing 

 and should naturally receive the larger share of our attention, it is 

 to be hoped that members will be found who will interest them- 

 selves in the lesser fruits and flowers, many of whicli offer great 

 hope for improvement. It is also to be hoped that the day of 



