FRUIT LIST. 11 



STRAWBERRIEvS. 

 Pistillate : Crescent, Warfield, Haverland. Staminate : Be- 

 derwood, Capt. Jack, Wilson, Enhance, Lovett, Splendid, Mary. 



NATIVE" FRUITS. 

 Valuable for trial : Dwarf Juneberry, Sand Cherry, Buffalo 

 Berry, High Bush Cranberry. 



(a) Peterson's Charlanioff.— There are two distinct kinds un- 

 der this name ; the one referred to is of spreading growth and bears 

 conical shaped fruit. 



(b) Does best top-worked. 



(c) Tardy bearer, (d) Early bearer, (e) For severe 

 situations. 



Mr. F. W. Kimball: I wish to inquire whether the Rockford 

 is to be dropped from the trial list or dropped entirely. 



Mr. J. P. Andrews: Dropped entirely. 



Mr. Kimball: I wish to protest against the dropping of the 

 Rockford. I planted it four or five years ago, and it has borne as 

 good or better a selling plum than anything I have. The plum is 

 of excellent flavor, dark, with a bluish color and in every way a 

 remarkable fruit, and is the most prolific bearer in the whole or- 

 chard. 



PRESIDENT'S ANNUAL ADDRESS. 



W. W. PBNDERGAST, HUTCHINSON. 



We have reached another milestone in our pleasant journey to- 

 wards the beautiful gardens that have so long tempted us with their 

 verdant lawns, their brilliant flowers and their glistening, sun-kissed 

 fruits. From eminences occasionally reached we have sometimes 

 caught ravishing glimpses of the enchanted lands whither we are 

 endeavoring to wend our way. Though on the whole we are nearing 

 the object of which we are in search, the path we have followed has 

 oft been devious and sometimes in the wrong direction altogether. 

 Now it is with us as it was with the followers of Columbus when 

 they were approaching the shores of a new world and found the 

 signs of land so numerous, the evidences so strong that even the 

 weak-kneed and faint-hearted ones plucked up courage and went on 

 to victory and the glory that came with it. There were no more 

 clamors to go back ; abuse of their leader and threats of vengeance 

 were hushed; success had come — and what else succeeds like it? 



Now, too, the signs are all in our favor, the proofs that we have 

 not labored so long in vain are as irresistible as are the demonstra- 

 tions of the propositions "of Euclid. The bright glimpses, which, 

 heretofore, have come to us like angels' visits, have changed to a full 

 view. The faith of our old stagers has been lost in sight, and hope 

 is swallowed up in victory. 



