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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



fruiting. Has been set twelve years. Peerless is another variety 

 that is not making good ; too unproductive, and the trees split badly 

 as they get older. 



Residence of A. B. Lyman, Excelsior. 



The Okabena and Patten's Greening, that have lately been ad- 

 vanced to front rank by the society, are both doing well. They 

 produce large crops of fine fruit, and that is what we are looking 

 for. Those that have the University think well of it, and we 

 expect to see this variety earn its place at the front some time. 



