286 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETV. 



The Chairman : How much did you get out of them, say about 



$500- 



Mr. Busse : Well, yes, I guess about in that neighborhood. 



Capt. A. H. Reed: How much per bushel did you get? 



Mr. Busse: $1.25 and $1.00 a bushel; they usually netted me 

 $1.00 a bushel. I always sold the Patten's Greening and the Oka- 

 bena for $1.00 a bushel. The Okabena comes at a time just after 

 the Duchess and just before the Wealthy is ready. 



Mr. Taylor : The tendency is to advise people to set trees a 

 little further apart than they have been in the habit of doing. Quite 

 a few people advised me to set my trees further apart. They are 

 fruiting now. I have had thirty years' experience, and if I had' 

 set them thirty feet apart they would always stay far apart. If 

 trees are set close together one tree is a protection to its neighbor, 

 and it is a good deal better to set them close together than it is to 

 set them so far apart. A rod apart gives 160 to the acre, and they 

 will give a good deal larger yield to the acre. 



Mr. Probstfeld : Mr. Busse said his Okabena w^ere in good con- 

 dition at this time. I had to eat mine right away or lose them. 

 How do you account for that ? He says his are in good condition at 

 the present time.. 



Mr. Busse : I have some Okabena at home, and they were pret- 

 ty good the other day. 



Mr. Probstfeld : I keep my Wealthy way along to the middle 

 of January. 



Mr. Barnes : May I offer one word of suggestion, and I would 

 not feel like going home without saying a few words. To you peo- 

 ple who contemplate planting an orchard let me give you this advice : 

 Plant your trees together close north and south ; plant two varieties 

 in the same row. Plant the Patten's Greening and the North\vestern 

 Greening alternately, and the Patten's Greening will pay for itself 

 before the Northwestern will come into bearing, and if you have 

 them close together you lose no time, money or labor in cutting out 

 those trees. You will lose no money in any event by planting close 

 together north and south. 



STARTING LOCUSTS FROM SEED. 



PROF. S. B. GREEN. 



How can I start a locust plantation from seed? What variety should I 

 select and where can I get seed? — F. J. Empenger. 



The only locust that would be hardy enough for satisfactory growth in 

 your section is what is known as the yellow or black locust. The honey locust 

 is too liable to kill back to the ground to be recommended for this purpose. 

 The seed of this locust may be gathered about Minneapolis,and I should prefer 

 to get Minnesota grown seed. The tree will be found quite hardy at Maple 

 Plain, but it is not sufficiently hardy for general planting in exposed places in 

 western Minnesota. 



In handling the seed there will be poor success in making it grow unless it 

 is treated with hot water before being planted, but when so treated it will 

 grow quickly. The seed may be gathered during the winter, as the pods re- 

 main on the trees until toward spring. 



