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that it is g-ood for nothing-; it will blight down so it will be about 

 ruined, then it will keep on g-rowing- for a 3-ear or two, then the blight 

 will strike it again, and once in a great while it will bear a crop of 

 apples. But in late years it blig-hts to death and hardl}' ever bears, 

 and besides that we have prog^ressed far enoug^h in the southern 

 part of the state so that we do not need the Transcendent. 



A Voice: How far apart did you plant them? 



Mr. Dartt: I planted them twent}* feet apart each way, the most of 

 them. I do not know whether that is the reason they have not done 

 ■well or not. 



Mr. Pearce: In the first place I should want all the air I could get 

 from the west and the north. I do not think the cold kills the trees, 

 and I do not think the wind does the tree anj- harm. So far as plant- 

 ing- trees far apart is concerned, I think that depends upon the vari- 

 ety; but I think they should be planted twenty feet apart at least 

 If we are g-oingf to plant an orchard we must make calculations as 

 to what we are g-oing- to put into it. If you are g-oing- to plant a larg-e 

 spreading- tree, you must make diflferent calculations; it all depends 

 upon the location and the kind of tree. You can lay down no la-w 

 by which orcharding must be g-overned; a man's intellig-ence must 

 g-overn it. The wind I consider no detriment; I think if a tree is in 

 the wind the apples will be better and stick closer. You can put 

 your orchard rig-ht behind a grove; it will produce fruit, but that 

 fruit will not hang- on, but if put rig-ht out in the prairie where it 

 will g-et the full effect of the wind the apples will stick to the tree. 

 I am no friend of the windbreak, except on the south side. 



AboutTranscendents^I do not want Transcendents; we have bet- 

 ter varieties. A person who advocates the Transcendent is a g-ood 

 deal behind the times in horticulture. We have varieties todaj' that 

 are far ahead of the Transcendent; for that reason I discarded the 

 Transcendent. I believe in progression. Because a thing was g-ood 

 forty years ag-o does not prove that it is good todaj-. 



Mr. B. Taj-lor: I just want to endorse what Col. Stevens has said 

 about the Transcendent, and also what Mrs. Kennedj" has said. I want 

 to endorse what brother Dartt and brother Pearce say about the 

 Transcendent. Take all these facts and put them tog-ether and a'OU 

 have a g-ood report. With me, Transcendents are a failure. It had 

 great value once, but it ceased to be valuable in the fruit reg-ion. 

 We have better kinds, and we do not want to plant Transcendents. 

 — To he continued in ^lay No. 



MixxESOTA HORTICULTURIST:— The Minnesota State Horticultural 

 Society has adopted an extremely practical and valuable innovation- 

 Instead of publishing- its annual proceedings in one volume, in mid- 

 summer, it is now publishing them in monthly parts. This method 

 makes the excellent matter in possession of the societj-'s secretary 

 available for the members when it can be made most useful, and in 

 this lies the g-reat value of the ne"w method. — Farm, Stock and Home. 



