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for planting — a valiant defender of Wisconsin in all its mighty 

 efforts to compete with Iowa and Minnesota. 



Mrs. J. R. Waller and Mrs. William Smyth, of Rockford, read 

 fine, able and instructive papers on '"Preserving Fruit for Home 

 Use," and "The Culture of Flowers." 



At one session, through the kindness of G. A. Ivins, all present 

 had the privilege of sampling that beautiful, large, bright red apple, 

 the "Arctic." Its several claimed merits are being highly extolled, 

 especially its keeping qualities, by the few who seem to be ac- 

 quainted with it, both east and west. C. G. Patten gave a brief and 

 intelligent report of fruit exhibits at the Pan-American exhibition, 

 and also made an impressive plea for home and country decora- 

 tion with our native trees. 



E. H. S. Dartt, of Minnesota, was not able to be present, but 

 sent a concise and explicit paper on "Public Parks." 



On Wednesday evening the citizens of Rockford gave one of 

 the very best amateur musical and literary programs that the writer 

 was ever privileged to enjoy. It was an entertainment indeed. 



On Thursday evening after business was completed Mr. Guil- 

 ford instructed us for a time with an interesting talk on "Plants, 

 Shrubs and Flowers for the Park or Lawn." 



The Minnesota representatives are impelled to refer to their 

 royal treatment by the officials of the society, and the citizens of 

 Rockford. They were greatly honored in being entertained most 

 generously at the cheerful and well equipped home of one of Rock- 

 ford's old and prospered merchants and his estimable wife. 



We were also privileged in visiting the editorial "den" of J. 

 S. Trigg, where the weekly three-columned digest of "Farm, Or- 

 chard and Garden" is prepared and sent broadcast over the land 

 in hundreds of papers, enlisting the attention and instructing and 

 encouraging at least 2,000,000 readers. Mr. Trigg has recently 

 purchased twenty acres of apple orchard of L. B. Dumbolton, who 

 will soon return to the home of his youth, at Oswego, N. Y., to 

 follow fruit culture there. The above orchard is about five years 

 from planting, consisting largely of Wealthy and Patten Green- 

 ing. Horticulturists are considerably interested in the outcome of 

 this venture by Mr. Trigg, and so is he, as we would infer from 

 his many forceful and pertinent questions asked of those who read 

 papers before the society. 



