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brought a man to our exhibit to show him the fine grapes grown in 

 Minnesota. 



I have not a full list of contributors of the fruit on our tables, 

 but as far as I can remember them I will give them, and also the 

 varieties contributed : 



H. S. Rowell, Wealthy apples ; J. A. Howard, N. W. Greening 

 and McMahon White ; Mrs. Isabella Burton, Excelsior, Wealthy ; 

 Frank Yahnke, Winona ; G. A. Anderson, Renville ; Jewell Nur- 

 sery Co., Lake City; J. S. Parks, Pleasant Mounds; A. M. Miller, 

 Harmony ; Preston McCulley, Maple Plain ; H. L. Crane, Excelsior, 

 Minn. ; A. A. Bost, Excelsior, Minn ; A. Brackett, Excelsior, Minn. ; 

 William Oxford, Freeburg ; C. W. Merritt, Homer, Peerless apples ; 

 Seth Kenney, Waterville ; R. H. L. Jewett, Faribault ; A. D. Leech, 

 Excelsior; Jens A. Jensen, Rose Creek; Robb Bros., Winona, Weal- 

 thy apples ; Andrew Wilfert, Cleveland, and C. L. Blair, St. Charles. 



Some of the varieties of apples on the tables were : Wolf River, 

 N. W. Greening, Wealthy, Yahnke, McMahon's White, Peerless, 

 Malinda, Okabena, Newell's Winter, Patten's Greening, Duchess, 

 University, Thomson's Seedling and Hibernal. 



As I have not the list at hand I will not try to name the 

 varieties of grapes. 



I had not been with our exhibit five minutes when I noticed 

 the people who were coming along stop at our large apples and 

 say in astonishment and admiration, "Do these apples grow in 

 Minnesota ? They are so beautiful !" 



Two gentlemen from Germany came to me and wanted to 

 talk with me concerning our fruits. They were sent from their 

 government to learn our ways of doing things. These men were 

 astonished at how far we had advanced in the art of fruit growing. 

 When we were talking about the price of fruit they said they w'cre 

 surprised that we sold fruit so cheap, for in Germany the best eating 

 apples sell at fifty cents apiece. 



The only objection I have to our exhibit is that the windmill 

 does not stand at the same place the other exhibits do. This 

 would make it grand and beat everything. 



If trees need manure it may be put on at any time during the winter or 

 toward spring. The quantity should be regulated by the condition of the 

 soil and the apparent needs of the trees, as shown by the growth. If the 

 manure is coarse the ground may usually be fairly well covered out a few feet 

 beyond the ends of the branches, and if the trees are large no harm will be 

 done if the entire surface of the ground is covered. The more strawy the 

 manure the better it is for the purpose. 



