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just as sound ever since. On our return from the convention we 

 laid over one day to visit our friend and co-laborer, A. G. Tuttle, 

 of Baraboo, and during our exceedingly pleasant and profitable 

 sojourn, we were instructed by Mr, Tuttle bow to wind root 

 grafts without wax, and you may not all be familiar with this 

 mode of winding, which saves time and expense. I will try to 

 explain it here. He tongue-grafted in the usual manner, wind- 

 ing the un waxed yarn, which is light and sleazy enough to break 

 easy, twice about the base of the union, and then same number 

 of times around the top, then drew the yarn between the cion 

 and top of the root and broke it off. We wound about 20,000 

 in this way last winter and never had grafts do better. 



Apples best adapted to Wisconsin, — revised list, — hardiness, 

 productiveness and quality taken into consideration: Duchess, 

 Wealthy, Pewaukee, Fameuse, Plumb's Cider, Talman Sweet, 

 Wolf Eiver. 



Crab apples for general cultivation, — Whitney No. 20. Gibb, 

 Hyslop, Sweet Russet, Transcendent. 



The cultivation of small fruits in Wisconsin is so similar to 

 our own that I will not trespass upon your time in consider- 

 ing it. 



Evergreens for general cultivation, — Norway Spruce, White 

 Pine, Arbor Vitse, Scotch Pine, Balsam and White Spruce. 



The Wisconsin Horticultural Society was organized a year 

 previous to our own, viz. : in 1865. Let us now compare their 

 three banner counties with a like number of ours, and see how 

 we stand on the most interesting, profitable and vital subject that 

 can ever properly come before a convention of horticulturalists, 

 viz. : that of seedlings : 



First — Will name Waupaca County, the home of the Wolf 

 Eiver and other popular varieties. 



Second — La Crosse County, the home of our esteemed member 

 A. J. Philips, who showed us such large, fine winter seedlings two 

 years ago at Minneapolis. 



Third — Waukesha County, the home of the Pewaukee, and 

 other new seedlings, showing that the resurrection of Geo. P. 

 Peflfer was no unimportant event in the history of the State. 



Banner counties for Minnesota, viz. : 



First — Hennepin, the home of the famous Wealthy, and many 

 other noble seedlings. 



Second — Olmsted, where the Brett seedlings were born, and 

 first introduced to public notice by myself, at the annual meet- 



