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Mr. Dewain Cook, Windom: I have had some little experi- 

 ence with rust, and I do not think the matter has been fully- 

 reached yet. This summer I planted a dozen Warfield straw- 

 berry plants and a dozen Sandoval and a dozen Enchants on 

 ground that was very rich and well cultivated. Those plants 

 were on land that never had strawberries on it before, and they 

 were well cultivated. The Sandoval grew very well early in 

 the season, and later died of rust; the Warfields had a little 

 rust on them and the Enchants had none at all. It is my im- 

 pression that the main remedy or preventative of rust is to 

 reject those varieties that are subject to rust. 



A. H. Brackett, Minneapolis: I understand that Professor 

 Green brings forward the theory that the rust was caused be- 

 cause of the excessively wet weather, while Mr. Sampson thinks 

 that it was from severe wintering. 



Prof. Green : I said that the Warfield and Haverland are not 

 subject to rust, but I can tell ycu of fifty varieties that are. 

 The Captain Jack and Sandoval were subject to rust this year 

 on my place. You will often notice rust on leaves in the spring 

 of the year. Now, after you have gathered nearly all the fruit, 

 perhaps, you will find if you have a very dry spell of weather 

 or some other unfavorable condition, that on account of your 

 plants being exhausted the rust starts and grows with wonder- 

 ful rapidity. In a week's, time the beds will be as dry almost 

 as if they were burned. Anything that weakens the plant will 

 allow the disease to gain a foothold, and some varieties of 

 plants are much more subject to it than others. We have not 

 to-day a satisfactory pollenizer that is rust- proof for those two 

 varieties that are little affected by the rust. 



Mrs. A. A. Kennedy, Hutchinson: Doesn't the different 

 varieties of soil have something to do with it? We are not 

 bothered at all with rust, and never have been. 



Mr. Wilcox, Hastings: I want to say just a word in line with 

 Mrs. Kennedy's suggestion. I was somewhat surprised to hear 

 our friend Cook speak of the Sandoval rusting out completely 

 the first season, as I have the Sandoval and have had no rust 

 on them whatever. Of course, in saying that I do not mean 

 that there is absolutely no trace of rust to be found on them, 

 because some varieties, notably the Parker and the Beder Wood 

 and half a dozen others show occasional spots, but every vari- 

 ety was just as green as could be desired. There was no rust on 

 my plants to do the least harm. This was true of every variety 

 and more particularly of the Wilson, which I set with the 



