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Sec'y True, of Edg-ewood, read a paper on g-rape culture which 

 brought out considerable discussion as to varieties as well as to cul- 

 tivation, and shallow cultivation was favored; there was some variety 

 in views as to whether the ground should be made very rich. He 

 considers Concord, Moore's Early and Worden as best. Moore's 

 Early is one of the best shippers and with him, probably, the most 

 profitable grape. He thinks the Delaware a no better grape than 

 the Brighton and the Brighton the best bearer. Mr. Ivins regards 

 the Green Mountain as being early, as hardy as the Concord, fine 

 quality but not a large bearer. For a white grape he favors Martha, 

 a good grower, generally liked and a good bearer; for a red, he 

 favors Delaware first and Wyoming Red, which is early and not in 

 danger from frost. Moore's Diamond is a good grower, with large 

 bunches but not as hardy or productive as the Martha. Pres. 

 Eerris thinks Moore's Diamond is a coming grape. Mr. Guilford,of 

 Dubuque, says it is the sweetest and best of all white grapes, and 

 the Wyoming Red is among the best of the grapes and hardy. Of 

 Roger's Hybrids, Mr. Ivins favors Nos. 14, 43, 44, 3 and 9, and speaks 

 highlv of the Mills as being of good quality, a fine keeper but 

 rather late in ripening. In growing' the grape, Mr. Bixby recom- 

 mends wire trellis, running the vine to the top and letting a foot or 

 two fall back, claiming that it prevents too fast growth of the term- 

 inal buds and so aids the lower buds. Mr. Trescott favors the 

 Kniffen aj'Stem of training. Mr. Ivins in putting- grapes on the 

 home market puts black, white and red together in the same 

 basket and thinks it aids the sale. 



Of gooseberries, Mr. Ivins claims inerit for Columbus, Golden 

 Prolific, Downing, Houghton, Lancaster Lad and Champion. The 

 two first named he considers the best, but thinks the Watson is the 

 coming gooseberry. For an ornamental hedge, Spirea Van Houtii 

 was recommended, while for a hedge to turn boys, one of barberry 

 "was recommended. He claimed that with good cultivation a hedge 

 of it could be grown in three years that would turn boys. 



Mr. Gardner gave a full report of the Minnesota meeting. The fact 

 was developed that there is a law makingit the duty of school direct- 

 ors in every district in Iowa to set and care for trees, though it was 

 not always intelligently performed. Have we any such law, and, if 

 not, is it not a good idea? 



Forest City, Iowa, was selected as the place for the next meeting, 

 and Mr. Eugene Secor, of that place, was elected president; C. F. 

 Gardner, vice-president; C. H. True, of Edgewood, secretary; and 

 O. A. Ivins, of Iowa Falls, treasurer. 



Altogether it was a very instructive meeting, as well as a pleasant 

 one, and ended on the evening of the third day with a banquet, ten- 

 dered by the citizens of Osage. 



A Fikst-Class Object Lesson for a boy or girl and one calculated 

 to teach them patience, fore thought and business sense, is to let the 

 boy or girl start now a bed of currant cuttings. The bushes ought 

 to be trimmed, any way, and the trimmings make cuttings. Show 

 your boy how to make a cutting bed, how to set the cuttings and give 

 him the future crop of plants. 



