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not sold by weight. Apples, peaches, pears, plums, everything is 

 sold by weight excepting eggs, and I am not sure whether they are 

 sold by weight or not. I did not have occasion to buy any. 



Mr. Cutler : I think all of our boards of trade will soon estab- 

 lish the custom of selling all kinds of vegetables by the hundred 

 weight. In Duluth they are now selling all kinds of vegetables by 

 the hundred. At the Princeton fair there were a good many thou- 

 sand bushels of vegetables marketed. Take onions. Fifty-two 

 pounds to the bushel is the standard; but in Illinois and Missouri, 

 where they ship their onions, they take fifty-six or fifty-seven pounds 

 as the standard. Therefore, I think that within a year or two po- 

 tatoes and all other vegetables will be sold by the hundred. 



The President : In the west green corn and cucumbers are sold 

 by the pound. 



Mr. Wheaton : I wish to know how apples are sold in Minne- 

 apolis and generally in this state. What constitutes a bushel of ap- 

 ples? "1 



The President : I think you will find they sell by the bushel as 

 measured by the half bushel. 



Mr. Gibbs : If one buys a bushel of anything he is entitled to 

 the number of pounds in a bushel as specified by law. 



Mr. C. L. Blair : I think you go to most of the states, and you 

 will find that forty-four pounds will make a measured bushel of 

 apples, but in our state it requires fifty pounds. I do not know 

 whether our legislature was composed mostly of lawyers or men 

 who did not know how many pounds constituted a bushel. I think 

 that was the trouble with them ; they understood that fifty pounds 

 was a bushel. Down our way the merchants sell forty-four pounds 

 for a bushel. 



PERENNIAL PHLOX. 



W. E. FRYER, MANTORVILLE. 



The earth wears a crown of floral beauties, and among the 

 brightest, richest and sweetest are the hardy perennials. They fill 

 a place in our gardens and in our hearts which nothing else can 

 supply. Like flowering shrubs, when once planted they are good 

 for a lifetime, and we come to regard them as a part of our homes. 

 What would induce us to part with the grand clumps of phlox, 

 paeonies or iris that have stood along the paths in our front yards 

 so long and greeted us year after year with such brightness and 

 beauty? They have cheered us through many vicissitudes, they 

 were loved by dear ones whose voices we hear no more ; their bloom- 

 ing calls to mind pleasant associations, happy days and friendly 

 faces that time has taken from us. Then let us enrich our little 

 yards, our borders and walks with these flowers, which will be ever 

 faithful friends and companions. 



