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^Fr. Siiiilli. I>iit llic 1 rccs arc on tlic west sid*' of,! lie coulie 

 iikI jnut wiiy up tluisidc hill .' 



Mr. All(!ii. Yv.H, ;iii(J tlitjy iii<; i)r<tt(;ct<Ml. 



Mr. Daitt. The i)revailing wind is from the Konth or the; 

 west ami not biMn^^ sheltered from those is not in the most shel- 

 fei-«;d spot. 



Mr. Alien. \o wind ean l<»iieli IIxmh williotil cominj;; ovei' 

 the bluff ami cominjjj down. 



Mr. Dartt. Th(?col<lair would setth; in the lowest {ground. 



Ml'. Lathajn. The location d<*s(;ribe(l by Mr. Allen isundoubt- 

 «;dly one of the b<;st for raisin{ij fruit of any kind in this climate. 

 The vc-ry low(;.st ground is unsuitable, Jio matter whether it is 

 for tlu^ growth of the strawl)ei-ry which li(!S un<lei' the snow oi* 

 for the giape vine, under a slight coveiing of earth, oj* for the 

 life of the apple tree. The sunnnit of a liill is equally bad; but 

 the side hill, jiart way up, prot«H;ted fiom sev<Me win«ls an<l 

 where th(M-(; is the I(;a«t liability to chang(; in temp(;rature, that 

 18 the best pla<;e, and the safe.st and surest lor raising fruit. 

 •8ucli a i)hie<* as th<* one «iescribed byMi'. AllcMi woiilti nndoubf 

 ediy i)e a good oiu; to plant any kind of fruit upon. 



Mr. Harris. 1 visited the grounds of Mr. Wilcox, neai- 

 La (Jif)sse, on tluMiast si<l(! of the jivei\ which are protected by a 

 narrow ravine; the hillsides anMjuitc; steej). In tin; lowest part 

 of th«' valley he cannot raise ax)ples, but he is raising some of 

 tin; finest trees of tin; old vari<!ti(^s I have seen in my trav<ds .the 

 l)ast yeai', and they an; j)retty well sh(!lt(M-ed by th(; blud". f 

 found Fameu.se trees without any outward blemish upon lliiin. 

 while el.sewhen; they have been mostly kilhrd. The bluff ris<'S 

 some; l.'iO fe<;t aridthe sun and wind cannot touch them and they 

 stand better than any place I ever saw. 



Mr. Hmith. Wouldn't there Ik; naturally a draft ot air Iroin 

 the low(;r Mississippi valley along the sides of tliTit bliilf / 



Mr. Plarris. Xo doubt of that, but tin; trees are sheltered, 

 and have the best kind of shelter. 



Mr. Pearce. I liave studied the aj^pie tree Imsincsstus well a; 

 I eouid. I have seen trecfs raised under dilferent (iircumstances 

 and on <iitr<u'ent elevations. Out in I'iiiestone county, one of 

 the highest elevations in the State, on that ridg(;, the highest in 

 Houthern >[innesota, they were raising tlh* finest aj)j)Ies. 



Mr. Harris. Murray county is th(; highest land in tin; .State. 



Prof. Maginni.s. The bliifl's ri.se son»e six hundred feet above 

 the Mississippi; liarn blulTat Winoira I think is just that. 

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