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It would seem at the first glance as though they would do the fruit 

 business a great injury. But when I think it over I am of the opinion 

 that it will do more good than harm. It will only stimulate horticultur- 

 ists to renewed action and serve as an impetus to the society to greater 

 energy to bring our fair Minnesota to the front. How can we fail with 

 the^e grand old heroes for leaders and these younger ones with their flre 

 and zeal to hold up their hands? Victory is sure to perch upon our horti- 

 cultural banners. 



DISCUSSION. 



Dr. M. M. Prisselle, Excelsior : I would like to ask Mrs. Ken- 

 nedy about those prunes which sh6 speaks of having discov- 

 ered. Is it a new variety? 



Mrs. Kennedy: I can not tell you anything about the 

 variety. I simply heard there was a prune tree growing 

 on the other side of the lake, and went over and found it. I 

 picked some of the fruit and sent some of it to our secretary 

 for the World's Pair. It was of good size and was really a 

 bona fide prune. The gentleman told me that he bought the 

 trees of an agent from Iowa. He said he bought two of them, 

 but the cattle got in and browsed off one of them and it died. 

 The remaining tree was perfectly hardy and showed no signs 

 of blight. 



Mr. A. H. Brackett, Minneapolis: What was the largest 

 amount of fruit it bore in one season — how many quarts? 



Mrs. Kennedy: It only bore two or three last year. This 

 year I secured a pint. There were a number of prunes on it 

 when I saw it. 



Dr. Prisselle: How long had the tree been set? 



Mrs. Kennedy: Seven years. 



Mr. A. H. Brackett : Has Professor Green ever experimented 

 in that line at the station? 



Prof. Green: No, we have never done anything in that line. 

 There are, however, several prunes raised in Russia, and there 

 is no question about their hardiness, There are several varie- 

 ties, including the black prune and the Hungarian prune. They 

 never have fruited to amount to anything with us. We have 

 only had them a few years. ' 



Mr. Dewain Cook: I notice Mrs. Kennedy speaks about 

 Stone's Hardy, and says they did not survive the first winter. 

 I have been growing them for quite a number of years, and I 

 consider the Stone's Hardy a hardy blacifberry. I have found 

 that any variety will kill out, root and all, if they don't have 

 some sort of a protection. Was the Stone's Hardy top-killed 

 or root-killed? 



