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or five days without spoiling, without losing their flavor or 

 color; and I understand they ha\'o been shipped one tiiousand 

 miles and back to test their shipping qualities, and tlioy came 

 back all right. While the berry is juicy, there is something 

 about it that holds it up good. I suppose Mr. Philii)s could 

 tell you more about it than I can. 



Mr. A. J. Philips: As secretary of the society in our state, 

 after Mr. Green began to advertise the Loudon raspberry, I 

 received a great many letters asking questions in regard 

 to it. I did not know any way in which I could truthfully 

 answer them except by making a personal investigation. 

 I spent two days there, and we gave it a very thorough ex- 

 amination on Mr. Loudon's grounds, so as to answer questions 

 understandingly, and I came to this conclusion — I as well as 

 Prof. Goff — that if it proved as good in every respect and in 

 every locality as it did on Mr. Loudon's grounds it was a very 

 valuable acquisition to our list of good red raspberries. I 

 picked on Thursday afternoon a half bushel, and I carried 

 them from Janesville to Ft. Atkinson, and we had them on the 

 table for dinner, and the next day I went to Madison and from 

 there to Sparta; I wanted them thoroughly tested; I wanted 

 some good people's opinion as to the quality. I reached home 

 on Sunday evening, and on Monday my wife put up the bal- 

 ance and scolded me for giving away so many, because she 

 wanted to can them. Those berries kept from Thursday un- 

 til Monday. 



Last season Mr. Loudon was anxious we should investigate 

 again, and as I was satisfied the question would come here, I 

 advised Mr. Loudon to have Mr. Harris came down. I knew 

 the people would have more confidence in Mr. Harris than in 

 me. so Mr. Sampson and he came down. Mr. Sampson thought 

 it was a long way to go, but we said we would pay part of the 

 expense. He went down and looked down the row a little 

 ways and said no one had anything to pay, he was paid al- 

 ready. Mr. Loudon does not wish to put the berry out unless 

 it is worth something. I think Prof. Green's objection is well 

 taken. I think we accept too many new things without first 

 thoroughly testing them. I set last spring fifty of the Loudon, 

 and I fruited some the first season. I picked some of the fruit 

 and carried it to La Crosse to the fair. The berries have been 

 grown for four or five years at Mr. Loudon's, and the plants are 

 healthy. As secretary of our society, I recommended to our 

 people to plant a few of the Loudon and a few of the Columbian. 



