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Mr. Taylor. We have heard about the dewberry bearing reg- 

 ularly. In 1856, when I came to Minnesota, in the section of 

 country where I live, there were no blackberries for eight or ten 

 years About 1865 in the vicinity of Forestville they were very 

 numerous, and people would come from miles around to gather 

 them. But they have borne none to amount to anything since, 

 either cultivated or any other way; so the dewberry is not an 

 exception in that respect. 



Mr. Harris. I think the reason why the crop is a failure in 

 that locality is it is not as favorable as in some others. In our 

 county last year dewberries were so plentiful as to spoil the 

 market for tame berries. They produced so profusely/ we could 

 not get rid of our tame ones at living prices. 



Mr. Pearse. I think there will be no diflaculty in growing the 

 dewberry successfully all over the state. 



President Elliot. I think if we have a native variety that will 

 succeed here we do not want to import them. 



A communication was received from Dr. S. S. Kilvington, 

 superintendent of the health department of the city of Minne- 

 apolis, asking the Society to appoint a committee to confer with 

 the board of health to consider the question of disposing of the 

 city oifal. 



On motion of Mr. Smith the following committee was named 

 y the chair, to -wit: J. S. Gray, F. G. Gould and Wm. Lyons. 



The following letter was then read: 



FROM CALIFORNIA. 



EscoNDiDo, San Diego Co., Cal.. Dec. 10, 1888. 



8. D. Hillman, Secretary, etc., 



Dear Sir: Your favor of November 30th reached me in Cali- 

 fornia, where I am located, having removed here the past fall. 

 I do not know that anything that I might say in regard to this part 

 of South California would be of any special interest to those who are 

 laboring so hard to make a success in the cultivation of fruits in 

 that section. I hardly feel that anything that I might say in 

 regard to the cultivation of fruits in Dakota would be of any 

 special benefit, or throw any additional light upon the subject, 

 as much as I desire to see success crown your efforts. 



