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CHERRIES. 



Mr. Tarrant: English Morello, Early Richmond, Ostheim, Wragg. 

 Mr. Moyle: Shadow Morello and Large Morello. 

 Mr, Barnes: Early Richmond. 



BEST WINTER APPLES. 



Mr. Chappell: Louisa, Dominion Winter, Murphy's Blush, Cus- 

 ter's Golden Sweet, Vick's Seedling. 



A. D. Barnes: Northwestern Greening, Talman Sweet, Walbridge, 

 Pewaukee, Ben Davis. 



G. J. Kellogg: Avista, Northwestern Greening, Windsor, Eureka, 

 Newell's Winter. 



F. C. Edwards: Northwestern Greening, Windsor Chief, Willow 

 Twig, Talman Sweet, Pewaukee. 



A, L. Hatch: Can't grow a winter apple away from water. No 

 one can name five varieties. 



Mr. Hirschinger: Scott's Winter, Newell's Winter, Northwestern 

 Greening, Borsdorf, Fameuse. 



A. J. Philips: Northwestern Greening, Avista,Walbridge, Eureka, 

 Malinda. 



Mr. Johnson: Snow, Wealthy, Walbridge, Talman Sweet, Willow 

 Twig, Plumb Cider. 



In the election of officers Mr. Kellogg declined to accept a re-elec- 

 tion, and Mr. Johnson was chosen. Mr. Philips was re-elected sec- 

 retary and treasurer. 



In closing this report of the meeting, we wish to acknowledge the 

 kind and generous hospitality of the members of the Wisconsin 

 Horticultural Society, and to wish them, one and all, unbounded 

 success and prosperity in their work. 



LEGAL PROTECTION FOR THE ORIGINATOR OF A 

 SEEDLING FRUIT. 



A. B. CHOATE, MINNEAPOLIS. 



At your last annual meeting I had the pleasure of addressing you 

 on the hobby which I ride in my leisure hours, the " Good Roads " 

 question. At that time I did not exactly apologize for being a law- 

 yer, but I explained to you that I once occupied the honorable 

 position of agriculturist, and that my legal education had been 

 grafted on agricultural stock. Perhaps it was because I am so much 

 of a hybrid myself that you invited me to discuss a question 

 which calls for the special learning of the legal profession as well 

 as knowledge distinctly horticultural. It is nothing for a lawyer to 

 be obliged to handle an intricate subject which is not a purely le- 

 gal one in an intelligent manner. A general practicioner of law is 

 called upon to help people of all occupations out of business 

 troubles, and in order to do so he must familiarize himself with 

 the business in which these troubles arise. One day he may be 

 called upon to untangle a complicated title to real estate, the next 

 day it may be a question involving the intricate workings of the 

 human nervous system, and from that he may be asked to mix up 



