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6. "Is the Crandall currant hardy in Minnesota?" 



Prof. Green: It stood last winter successfully. This is not 

 an endorsement. 



7. "What are the best five varieties of strawberries?" 

 Geo. J. Kellogg: Jessie, Wilson, Crescent, Bubach and 



Warfield. 



J. M. Underwood: Crescent, Warfield, Wilson and Captain 

 Jack. 



8. "What mulch is best for blackberries and raspberries." 

 C. L. Smith: Cultivation. 



9. "What is the best method for keeping accounts with 

 berry pickers?" 



Geo. J. Kellogg: Mr. President, we have adopted a card with 

 figures and letters which will contain about three hundred 

 quarts and every quart is punched with a punch carried by the 

 overseer in the patch. We pay off every Saturday night. There 

 are those who use tickets for each quart. We punch on this 

 card from one to eight quarts. Our carriers contain eight 

 quarts. I like that plan of using a punch a great deal better 

 than using tickets. Some have one way, some another; any 

 way to keep the account straight and satisfactory. 



PARK ORNAMENTATION. 



ADDRESS OF PROF. SAMUEL B. GREEN, BEFORE THE ST. ANTHONY PARK 

 CITIZENS' LEAGUE, MARCH 3, 1891. 



(Furnished for Publication by Bequest.) 

 Mr. President, Ladies and Gentlemen: 



The subject given me for this evening is that of flowers for park orna- 

 mentation. I shall not stick very closely to the text assigned me but will 

 follow the example so often set by illustrious ministers of having a text 

 and reading it and then talking about anything they choose. 



MULCHING TREES. 



I wish first to speak of the subject of mulching trees. All newly set 

 trees that do not have the soil frequently stirred around them should be 

 mulched. This should consist of grass, sawdust or other material that 

 will protect the surface of the soil from evaporation. It should extend 

 for at least two feet on all sides of the tree, and is nearly as essential 

 for trees that are as for those that are not to be watered. The neglect 

 of this precaution by planters is frequently a cause of great loss. 



protection . 



Many trees are set out without their stems being properly protected. 

 All street trees should be covered in some way against stray animals, or 

 those belonging to the vicious, careless or lazy who alone tie horses to, or 



