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varieties of winter apples of fine flavor. They came into bearing 

 1;his year. 



Yours truly, 



Geo. W. Harrington. 



FEOM OLMSTED COUNTY. 



Dover Centre, Jan. 15, 1887. 



Dear Sir : Very much obliged for your invitation. I would 

 verj much like t.o attend the meeting and see old familiar faces 

 and have a pleasant time, but as the twelfth of this month was 

 my seventy-second birthday, it is not quiteas easy to leave home 

 as formerly; otherwise I should come. I hope you will remember 

 me when you distribute reports, for, although getting old, I feel 

 interested as usual. Should you ever come near our neighbor- 

 -hood, come and see us. 



Yours in friendship, 



E. L. COTTERELL. 



, FEOM CLAY COUNTY. 



Argyle, Oct. 7, 1886. 

 ^S'. B. HiUman, Serretary, etc.. 



Dear Sir: I write you in reply to yours, and to express my 

 thanks and pleasure in the receipt of report of meetings of State 

 Horticultural Society, experimental station reports, etc, which I 

 am reading with pleasure and profit. 



Our country here being so new but little has been done in 

 fruits or forestry, but the future will change all this to the bene- 

 fit of both the pocket and health of our people. 



I do not know that I could write anything of interest for your 

 State meeting, as my work has necessarily been experimental 

 and on a small scale. And the past summer proving so dry and 

 -disastrous to all fruits, I could not speak encouragingly except 

 for .the future. 



Hoping, however, to make the acquaintance of yourself and the 

 members of the State Society, if opportunity permits, I again 

 ihank you for your kindness. Eespectifully yours, 



Chas. T, Ohmer. 



