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them? ‘I think the straightforward course is the best. He prob- . 
ably will not follow the advice, but will yet wish he had. 
Mr. Sias. I object to that plan. We should be obliged. to 
throw out the best crab or hybrid we have—Meader’s Winter. 
Mr. Hart’s paper is the best we have had on the subject of blight 
for some time. I believe it is due to insects, not to one but to 
several. . de y 
Mr. Jewell. I meant to throw out those kinds which blight the 
worst, and are most likely to cause an orchard to be infected. 
do not attach any importance to Mr. Hart’s paper on that subject. 
Mr. Kenney. I have many Transcendents, and would not like 
to dig them up. I consider them valuable, and my neighbors do 
likewise. ; 
Mr. Jewell. I would dig-them up only when they blight, and 
not before. 
Mr. Pearce. I propose to put them by themselves and let them 
blight. I believe they will pay the best of any, notwithstanding 
their liability to blight. 
Mr. Grimes. Mr. Jewell is not.consistent in his twoataniint of 
the Transcendent. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of 
cure. 
Mr. Jewell. A man is consistent in refusing to endorse what 
he endorsed a few years ago, if the interval has shown him to be 
wrong. I will still sell Transcendents to nurserymen at whole- 
sale, but not at retail, and I will not recommend them to any one. 
Mr. Kenney. Istill have faith in the Ben Davis under partic- 
ular treatment. 
Adjourned to meet at 9 o’clock a. mM. Wednesday. 
WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
PLANTS UNDER CULTIVATION. 
The meeting was called to order by the President at 9:30. An 
essay on Cultivated Plants was read by W. T. Scott, Hsq., of 
Minneapolis, and ordered on file for publication, after which Mr. 
Grimes introduced the following, which was carried unanimously: 
Resolved, That the thanks of the Society are due, and we hereby tender 
the same, to W. T. Scott, for his well written and intelligent essay on Cul- 
tivated Plants. 
