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Mr. Harris: At the time Mr. Kellogg spoke so highly of 

 the Michel's Early it had not fruited with him. I remember he 

 saw the fruit at an exposition a few days afterwards, and he 

 said to me: -'If this is the Michel's Early I am sorry I spent 

 so much money and planted so much of it." I have never heard 

 him speak of Michel's Early since. I know Mr. Thayer con- 

 siders the Michel's Early a good pollenizer. We have used it 

 on our own place pretty extensively; the first picking it'is a nice 

 market berry. 



Pres. Underwood: I think if Mr. Kellogg w^as carrying out 

 his idea when he said the Michel's Early was only good to give 

 away, perhaps lie gave them to Mrs. Kennedy. 



Mrs. Kennedy: No, sir. He did not. (Laughter.) 



Prof, Green: Michel's Early is one of the best berries for a 

 fertilizer that I know of; it is not a nice looking berry, the 

 dealers do not like it, but it is as nice in quality as one would 

 want. I have used it qi»ite a good deal as a pollenizer and I 

 think well of it. Yet, if I grew berries for market and could 

 get the Bederwood, I should plant that variety. I think Beder- 

 wood is the most promising today for general use. The Wil- 

 son iasome localities does finely; where it does well, I think it 

 is desirable to use. A great many are not successful with it, 

 but I do not think that the time has come yet to discard Cap- 

 tain Jack. The four or five varieties that I would recommend 

 for setting out are, say, one- third Crescent, one- third Warfield 

 and one-third Haverland, and fertilize with Bederwood and 

 Captain Jack. 



Prof, N.E.Hansen: There was some talk about the Bederwood 

 in Iowa. The general opinion is if we plant ouly one kind plant 

 the Bederwood, It bears well and is a splendid fertilizer for the 

 varieties that have been tested. As to the best pistillate vari- 

 eties there is some difference of opinion; the Warfield is highly 

 spoken of, but a large number of our fruit men believe the 

 Warfield and the Bederwood are the best combination we have 

 today. The Parker Earle is highly spoken of by a number of 

 our horticultural men, but in one or two places it does not 

 seem to do much, though on all sides it is spoken of as a splen- 

 did berry; its late season is generally an advantage; the 

 Bederwood is early. Michel's Early we do not think much of; 

 in fact, we say very little about it, and those who have tested 

 it seem to be willing to say but little about it. 



There was some talk about the Cottage grape. The Cottage 

 grape is excellent some years; it comes in between the Worden 



