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working succeeds so well. I think we shall raise the Ben Davis, the 

 Baldwin, Northern Spy and a long list of apples that the society had 

 thought we could not grow. The new seedling list now grown in 

 Minnesota, and the capture of the Wilder medal at Boston, Mass., 

 speaks volumes for the work of this society. 



There are a great many problems connected with this work that 

 I have to say I do not know but come to these meetings to 

 learn. The twenty-seven years that I have, I think, been to the 

 meetings almost constantly, has been a great pleasure, a source of 

 profit financially. I have not given close attention to orchard work 

 in grafting till the last three years. Our late president thought 



Top-worked apple tree on place of R. H. I,. Jewett, at Faribault. 



horticulture should "be taught in the schools." He also said the 

 "Crab trees of Minnesota were as hardy as the oak." There is 

 pleasure in raising the winter apples, assisting nature to produce the 

 fruit. There are many problems left to mankind to work out. Do 

 not any of you believe for a moment that the great Creator has not 

 placed in our reach a way to make Minnesota the best fruit state in 

 the Union. 



Mr. Philips : One gentleman recommended three varieties. Mr. 

 Yahnke and I have four varieties. Would you recommend a man 

 spending his time on the Missing Link when he can top-work such 

 apples as the Wealthy and the Northwestern Greening. Would you 

 have him take the Missing Link? 



