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is a rapid grower; lost some during the last two winters. Scotch 

 pine cannot be relied on; shows dead limbs and leans over heavily 

 to the north. Colorado silver fir is not so hardy as blue spruce. 

 Douglas spruce from Colorado is doing well ; not so well from 

 eastern nurseries. Red cedar is one of our best trees; trees planted 

 twelve years ago are now fifteen feet high. Silver cedar from the 

 foot hills is hardier. Wyoming silver cedar look a little greener 

 than the common red cedar. He covers his young red cedars and 

 all his young evergreens in the winter with earth; puts it on late, 

 after danger from rains is past. 



George H. Whiting, of Yankton, corroborates Norby. He 

 places arbor vitae, Norway spruce and balsam fir on the black list. 

 Red cedar and Ponderosa pine are varieties to tie to. Scotch pine 

 has had its day. Austrian pine is not much better; a little hand- 

 somer than the Scotch. Dwarf mountain pine is doing pretty well. 

 Hemlock is of no account. Black Hills spruce is adapted to the 

 climate ; grows slowly. Juniper savin is doing well, but trailing 

 juniper from the Black Hills is better. 



Mr. Hunter, of Sioux Falls, had recommended Scotch pine. 

 Had set seedling trees vears ago, thinking they were the b°s\ 

 Had changed his mind; limbs are beginning to decay. Now gives 

 his preference to red cedar. Austrian pine has longer leaves and is 

 thicker. 



A. C. Soderberg, of Sioux Falls, had begun to plant apple trees 

 in 1879. Had only one noble Wealthy left from that planting. 

 The Lucas winter crab had done well. The Duchess is subject 

 to sun-scald. The Whitney was excellent; the Tetofsky a sky bear- 

 er,' but the Wealthy was the noblest tree of them all. 



Hon. H. W. Lathrop spoke of the Whitney as the best canning 

 apple. He does not pare them ; quarters them and leaves the 

 skin on. 



I. W. Prosser, of Hurlev, who has purchased the Alderman 

 orchard, read a paper. He says Plumb's Cider is bearing well in 

 the Alderman orchard. It keeps rather better than the Wealthy. 

 C. W. Gurney, of Yankton, says Plumb's Cider is as good as the 

 Wealthy. He says, always plant yearling trees. 



W. H. Hinds, of Parker, says air drainage is not necessary in 

 Dakota. He thinks Dakota orchards are not planted thickly 

 enough. 



Prof. Hansen recommended crab stocks, and Mr. Cowles added 

 that the Nebraska Ben Davis shown at the Pan-American was on 

 Pvrus baccata. Mr. Norby could not see why a tree which fails on 



