86 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. Burbank refers to his productions in the plant world as “New 
Creations,’ which they are. He has created some plants which, were they 
found wild, would be termed new species; perhaps new genera. He has 
opened the eyes of every intelligent horticulturist and botanist to possibili- 
Photo of plums grown from the same lot of seed showing great difference in size and 
appearance. 
ties hardly dreamed of before he presented his interesting work. Such a 
man is entitled to great respect from his fellow men, and I should like 
to see a good and substantial monument erected to him in the nation’s 
capital, for his “Creations” are a blessing to all mankind. 
SOME THINGS LEARNED IN FORTY YEARS’ EXPERI- 
ENCE AS AN ORCHARDIST IN WISCONSIN. 
A. G. TUTTLE, BARABOO, WIS. 
That the extreme and long continued cold of some of our winters and 
the excessive heat of the summer sun, with a dry atmosphere, are the main 
causes of injury. 
That the best grounds for orchard planting are the elevated, well drained 
clay lands. 
That we should plant nothing less hardy than the Duchess of Olden- 
burg. 
That trees should be trained with bodies from four to six feet according 
as their manner of growth is upright or spreading. 
That the bodies of the trees should be protected from the summer sun. 
That the orchard should be cultivated:in some hoed crop; neither mer- 
chantable fruit nor healthy trees can be grown with trees only in the sod. 
That it is necessary to wage continued war against insect enemies, and 
that they are more destructive in sodded than in cultivated ground. 
