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bush, which was then about one- third of an acre; they were 

 three years old and stood, without summer pruning, ten feet 

 high. The canes were an inch in diameter. It is different from 

 the Loudon in this point: It is supposed to be propagated 

 from tips instead of sprouts. It certainly is a wonderful berry 

 in my estimation; at any rate I was so well pleased with it I 

 secured plants enough to grow an acre. 



Mr. Brackett: You have an acre of plants? 



Mr. Coe: Yes sir. 



Mr. Wedge: What is the color of the Columbian? 



Mr. Coe: Like the Shalfer's Colossal. 



Pres. Underwood: How does it compare with Shaffer's 

 Colossal y 



Mr. Coe: Most people, I think, would pronounce it better 

 than the Shaffer, not too tart. 



Mr. Wedge: Is it a good shipper? 



Mr. Coe: It never crumbles or falls to pieces when you 

 pick it. 



Mr. Sampson: Does it require winter protection? 



Mr. Coe: It has not been tested in the West. I have never 

 covered mine. 



Mr. Brackett: What is the price, if that is a fair question? 



Mr. Coe: I do not know that it is a fair question. Well, the 

 price is 50 cents apiece, or 5^25 per hundred. 



Mr. Harris: I do not know anything about this new rasp- 

 berry. I saw the fruit on Mr. Coe's place. The fruit is good; 

 his description is correct. A little lighter and brighter color 

 than the Shaffer. Wherever I saw the plants they were vig- 

 orous and healthy, but after they get one year more of age I 

 can tell better than I can tell now. I have two plants left, and 

 I will know what the winter will do. 



Prof. Green: I fruited the Columbian last year and this year 

 again. I never fruited the Loudon. The Columbian is very 

 much after the style of the Shaffer's Colossal, very much re- 

 sembles it in cane, berry and leaf. It roots easier than the 

 Shaffer's Colossal and is much easier to propagate. I think 

 the fruit is considerably better. It grew so fast it puzzled me 

 how to cover it. 



A Voice: Could you distinguish the fruit from the Shaffer's 

 Colossal by tasting? 



Prof, (ireen: Y'os, i liiiuk 1 could. 



Mr. Philips (Wisconsin): I will say that Mr. Harris was 

 much interested in those seedling apples exhibited from Door 



