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one of them said that instead of raising Indian scalps we had gone 

 to raising apples — and when you come to consider what we have 

 done in the last forty years in fruit raising under adverse conditions 

 which we have had to contend with, it seems to me it is something 

 remarkable. 



I want to show you the mother type of the Perkins' seedlings, 

 which is the Malinda. (Exhibiting a plate of Malinda.) All these 

 seedlings are from one tree and from one year's planting. The 

 seed was planted only ten years ago, and some of those trees this 

 year had a barrel to a barrel and a half of apples. Some were so 

 heavily loaded that they had ten to a dozen props under them. I 

 have here one variety (indicating), representing the Duchess type 

 in color and striping, but more of the Malinda type in size and 

 formation, but, of course, I cannot tell what the quality is because 

 I have not had time to become familiar with-it. There are so many 

 of them that I cannot give you a definite description of them in 

 regard to quality. Here is No. 28 (indicating), of which you will 

 find a description in my report of yesterday morning. This (in- 

 dicating) is a later apple, and this (indicating) is an early fall apple, 

 and that (indicating) I consider of small value commercially. Here 

 is another (indicating) that varies from the others, but I believe it 

 is going to be a first class cooking apple, and Ave have some that are 

 very much better than those I have shown for culinary purposes. 

 In regard to season, we have them all the way from August to May, 

 representing all the seasons. When we consider them from a 

 scientific standpoint, this collection of apples is something remark- 

 able, I met some of the best scientists in the country at Boston, 

 and they all told me that from a scientific standpoint it was the best 

 exhibition they had ever seen put up. 



I want to say a word to you people who have been bringing 

 seedlings here, just what I said to Mr. Perkins after making two 

 visits to him this fall, one before the fair and one since. I want you 

 to prepare your orchard for the best product you can get, prepare 

 it in the best way you know how and get the advice of the best 

 cultivators you are able to find. After consulting with one of them 

 myself in whom I place a great deal of confidence, I recommended 

 to him to sow a half bushel of wood ashes to every tree, not right 

 around the trunk of the tree but where the roots can get at it, and 

 also give it a mulching of manure, which he has done, and if the 

 season is favorable next year we will go down to St. Lx)uis and 

 show them a sight that is worth looking at. And we want every 

 seedling man that is here who has any seedling trees of any value 

 to see if he -cannot help his trees along a little, and then help us 

 next September by sending the products of those trees to us, to 

 bring back another medal. I know we will do it. We will go down 

 there with our apples, and we will take a medal that will be worth 

 something. (Applause.) 



Prof. Hansen (So. Dakota) : I had the pleasure of attending 

 the Boston meeting of the American Pomological Society, and the 

 thing that most attracted the attention of everybody was the mag- 

 nificent display of the Minnesota Horticultural Society. I moved 



