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line of work should in all instances report on what stock the scion 

 was put, that we may gfet a record to go by. Mr. Guilford was empha- 

 tic in advising- the saving of home grown apple seeds, and that the 

 law of "like begets like" holds especially strong here. He himself 

 saves Whitney No. 20 and thinks that it produces the most vigorous 

 roots for grafting and more nearly insures a perfect tree. He uses 

 all his Whitney for cider or vinegar and washes the pomace for the 

 seed. It would seem desirable to have roots from good hardy 

 • stock, then if the scion fails to throw out good roots the root system 

 that you have is sufficient. 



Mr. Dartt's paper on girdling provoked much discussion, and Mr. 

 Gaylord and some others seemed to think it would shorten the life 

 of the tree. Discussion on Mr. Patten's paper favored close plant- 

 ing., Mr. Mitchell favors the Transparent family, even though it 

 blights badly; thinks the Russian more hardy and early bearing 

 than the American; speaks of the Varonish as a fine apple and good 

 tree, and the Romna as a good winter eating apple, somewhat sub- 

 ject to blight. His fifteen best Russian varieties would be: summer — 

 White Queen, Charlotte Thaler, Yellow Transparent, Lubsk Queen; 

 Water-Melon, Yellow Sweet; fall — Burgamont, Large Long White, 

 Browny Pine, Prolific Sweeting; winter — Hibernal, Varonish, Ro- 

 menscoe, Christmas and Grandmother; also recommends Patten's 

 Greening. TheAnisimis also commended, but its season in that 

 section is not considered beyond December first. Mr. Ivins claims 

 that Rosy Aport is not quite as hardy as the Wealthy. 



Mr. Gaylord read a paper on the "Five Important Requisites to 

 Successful Orcharding in the Northwest." He thinks that the 

 choice of location is most important and the choice of varieties de- 

 pends on what is successful in the neighborhood. Set all trees 

 leaning to the half-past twelve o'clock sun and trim off all north east 

 limbs. Top-working is his method of growing half hardy varieties; 

 prefers top-working six to eight inches out on the limbs. One point 

 he brought out was worth almost as much as all the others: one 

 chief requisite was a man interested in his orchard. 



President Ferris gave an excellent paper on the possibility of de- 

 velopment of new and varied fruits from seed production and con- 

 stantly saving seed from the best we have to plant again. Prof. 

 Budd had an interesting paper on new varieties and brought out an 

 animated discussion on cross variation. 



Discussion on evergreens was quite general. Mr. Gardner says 

 no evergreen hedge can be successfully grown near buildings or 

 other trees; there should be nothing nearer than twenty to thirty 

 feet. Mr. True favored hemlock, cedar and arbor vitae for a hedge. 

 Mr. Dartt recommended dwarf mountain pine, and Mr. Mitchell 

 Black Hills spruce. 



Mr. O. M. Lord (of our state) gave a paper on his three best plums 

 Cheney, Rollingstone and Desota. Mr. Dunbarton, of Rockford, 

 claims great merit for Black Hawk and that it is the best of all the 

 many varieties named. Mr. Sherinan claims the Rockford as one of 

 the best and speaks highly of Knudson's Peach. 



