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men have preceded, me, especially a man with the experience 

 of Prof. Budd, a gentleman who has visited all parts of this 

 country and Europe, and has raised and imported successfully 

 very many plants from distant countries. I must confess un- 

 conditionally that it has been different with me, for I have failed 

 in horticulture, while I did make a success in agriculture, 

 though I do not give up. 



I am not like my friend Dr. , with cherries, peaches and 



pears; but we can raise apples in Minnesota. 



Now, in regard to Russian fruits I think, although we have 

 certainly some very nice fruits, if we can get better from 

 Russia, get them. And I only wish I was about twenty years 

 younger I would put my hand to the wheel again, and if we old 

 people take hold of the work and do, by and by the young 

 ones will take hold too. 



Dr. Frisselle of Excelsior, being called upon spoke as 

 follows : 



Mr. President, gentlemen and ladies : I think that I told you 

 last winter all that I know about currants, and I think it is 

 hardly fair for you to expect me to say anything more. I 

 happen to have a little patch that I should like to show all of 

 you if you would come out and look at them. 



I think last year was especially adapted to fruit farms. 



I am in hopes, off from one thousand bushes, to get close to 

 one hundred bushels of fruit, which will be good and command 

 a good price in the market. A larger part of it will bring me 

 four dollars a bushel . 



Farmers do not give room enough to their plants . I planted 

 mine four feet apart and I find that six or eight is better . A 

 neighbor of mine who has been looking through my patch has 

 planted his eight feet apart . 



Why a man can't get through them without trampling them 

 down is because sufficient room is not given, and perhaps an 

 other great reason is that they are not properly cared for . 



President Elliot: We would like to hear from Mr. Underwood 

 on strawberries. 



Mr. J. 1VL Underwood, Lake City: I will say that my young 

 beds of strawberries passed through the winter very well, the 

 old beds not having done so well, and the dry weather has made 

 them suffer. 



The berries are very nice on our young beds — we covered 

 our beds with dry mulch of rye straw . 



