

A Good Outlook. — "Prospects for a good year in the small fruit 

 business are at the present time very good here; plants and bushes 

 never looked better, and the ground is in fine condition." 



Rochester, Minn., Feb. 4, 1897. Louis Anderson. 



A Compliment. — "The report I received all right; it is a splendid 

 volume. The January number is also at hand; its columns, as 

 usual, are full of interest and very helpful and keep the intelligent 

 horticulturist posted right along." 



ROBT. H. BUTTERMOKE. 

 Lake City, Jan. 11,1897. 



Do Less Better. — "I am convinced of one fact, namely: that 

 the generality of people are putting in too much fruit. My theory 

 is that a little with good care will give better satisfaction than acres 

 that have to be run into market in a heated, damaged condition." 



Mrs. Sophronia Irwin. 



Vinecroft, Excelsior, Minn., Feb. 3, 1897. 



Small Fruits will Winter without Protection-. — "Please 

 mention in Horticulturist two hardy kinds of small fruits that will 

 stand Minnesota winters without covering. I will give you two 

 kinds of reds and would like a list of blacks. The Philadelphia has 

 been growing near St. Cloud on the prairie without windbreak or 

 protection of any kind for years. The Turner and Cuthbert are 

 perfectly hardy in Kandiyohi county." 



St. Cloud, Jan. 29, 1897. N. P. Aspinwall. 



A Mulch from Sorghum Refuse.— "I have sent out over 6,000 

 gallons of sorghum to this state. I have used 150 loads of begasse to 

 mulch my orchard, 6 feet wide, 12 inch in depth; mulching all the 

 ground between trees, it will take 150 loads more to finish. I got 

 this information from being a member, and it has been of great 

 benefit to me already. I take a lively interest in the work of our 

 society, and think the opinions of our best fruit men very reliable 

 and the nursery stock grown at home much to be desired by those 

 that would be successful." 



Morristown, Jan. 21, 1897. Seth H. KennEY. 



