OF PHOTOGRAPHS. 
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poems, A it contains a splendid thought. I think it applies 
im ‘strictly to these last few minutes of our afternoon program: 
“ Give knaves their gold and fools their power, 
Let fortune’s bubble rise and fall; 
Who plants a tree or trains a flower 
Is more than all. 
“ And he who blesses most is blest; 
Man, not Nature, knows the worth ar 
Of him, who dying, leaves an added ? 
Beauty to the earth.” 
(Applause.) 
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IOWA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 1897. é 
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on REPORT OF DELEGATE, A. K. BUSH, DOVER, MINN. ‘ 
_ Twenty-five years ago the reports from fruit growing in Iowa nil 
_ were fully as discouraging as anything we hear from Minnesota; we 
now they are so confident and so encouraged by results gained from it: 
experience in growing and marketing their fruits that they do not iY: 
hesitate in planting very large commercial orchards, their fruits Ke 
se selling for the highest prices in the best markets of this country, 
_ with a hope and prospect of reaching foreign markets with their 
_ products in the near future. 
4 Our secretary of agriculture, Mr. Wilson, fully understands the 
_ possibilities of this great northwest country. His personal knowl- 
, edge and experience gained in the west assures him that the mark- 
ets of Europe are anxious to buy the products of our orchards and 
"a Meinirics, paying outside prices on account of superior quality. Let 
_us as individuals turn our best thought and energy to testing the ~ “ie 
_ possibilities of our soil and in growing the best products, placing 
them in market in such excellent condition that they will be % 
_ beyond ordinary competition, and buyers will come to us, and we 
shall continue to prosper. 
_ Minnesota can learn many valuable lessons from the experience e 
_ of Iowa in fruit growing. ane 
ae: Prof. Budd, at the central experiment station, aided by valuable 
ta assistants in the twelve sub-experiment stations, has been able to 
( _ sort out the worthless varieties as they appeared in the state—work- 
ing together they have been able to secure those things which 
"are best adapted to general planting and profitin the state. They 
recommend a fruit and tree list for each district, which includes : 
certain named counties, furnishing a very valuable guide for Br 
5 planters in every part of the state—a valuable suggestion to us. ; 
_ Prof.S. B. Green, of our agricultural college, is also doing most 
xcellent work in the state experiment station on the college 
grounds, in securing promising seedlings and all varieties of fruits, Lb 
trees and flowers, placing some on trial in his grounds, also with Bi 
2ach sub-station in our state, securing to us the best only, which, in Aa 
ime, are recommended for general planting. The value of the 
