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proved kinds passed upon by the other two. When the whole num- 

 ber shall have been reduced to a dozen, these can be sent out to the 

 entire membership for final judgment, 



I have made a beginning by the selection of the following va- 

 rieties, which I purpose to test as fast as possible. 



Following is the list already chosen, from which I purpose to 

 eliminate the unsatisfactory varieties: 



s c stands for "on sand cherry roots." 



The following varieties I would like to look up with a view to 

 adding them to the foregoing list, provided they give promise of 

 greater value than those which I am now testing : 



Excelsior, Marcellus, 



Fairchild, Shanghai, 



Barnsback's Silas Wilson, 



Prunus Americana, Van Houten, 

 Beatty's Americana, Victor, 

 Gloria, Watrous, 



Iowa, Yellow Sweet. 



Any member can be of service to me and to the society in making 

 a selection from the foregoing or adding any not mentioned in the 

 list, and will place us under obligations to him and confer a favor 



Anita, 

 Barnsback, 

 Bixby, 



Buena Vista, 

 Combination, 

 Desoto and Japan 

 Cross, 



