268 ANNUAL REPORT 



Mr. May. TheD why do you discard those varieties ? 



President Elliot. We do not, but we discard the methods by 

 which they are produced; if you go to Eochester you see how 

 they are produced. They manure their land, their object being 

 to get large, thrifty trees and cause a growth the first year of two 

 or three feet, the second year from three to four feet; and that is 

 done at the expense of the hardiness of the tree. We all know 

 that such stock will not grow in Minnesota and you can't point 

 your finger to a tree that has been produced under that system 

 of cultivation that has proved to be hardy. 



Mr. May. I beg to differ with you. I can show you those 

 varieties that are growing in Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois. 

 There is a good deal said about acclimatization; but you can take 

 a Duchess and plant it at the South and bring it here and it will 

 be hardy 1 The same with a crab. 



President Elliot. Crabs, we will admit, may be. 



Mr. May. One is just the same as the other. 



Mr. C. L. Smith. Do you inform your agents that your nur- 

 sery is at Eochester, New York ? 



Mr. May. Yes, sir, we do. 



Mr. Smith. Do your agents inform your customers that your 

 nursery is at Eochester? 



Mr. May. That I cannot say. 



Mr. Smith. I can say that they do not. 



Mr. May. I have heard it said that we represented that we 

 sold nothing but Minnesota stock; but I say when they do that 

 they are stating a falsehood, nurserymen must import more or 

 less. 



Mr. Smith. Well, I denounce that as absolutely false. 



Mr. May. Well, sir, I can prove it to you notwithstanding. 



Mr. Harris. When these agents introduce this stock do they 

 sell it for four times the value of the stock ? 



Mr. May. It depends on the quality of the stock; you can't 

 compare a one-year-old tree to a four-year-old. 



Mr. Cutler. I would like to ask you if you haven't authorized 

 your agents to say that you 'grew this stock here in St. Paul that 

 they have been selling, and in your own nursery"? 



Mr. May.' No, sir; I have not and you can not produce the 

 proof of it. 



Mr. Cutler. Had you a man working for you by the name of 

 Jordan, last year? 



Mr. May. No, sir; no such man in our employ. I may say 



