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besides home use. We have not been out of canned fruit in eight years — 100 quarts 

 now on hand. I am 74 j^ears old ; have done all the work of fruit growing except 

 picking ; have cleared for my labor $1,000." 



Now if anything I have said or written seems improbable 1 will refer to the fact 

 that when a boy I was once mistaken for a little Indian; and that reminds me of 

 the drunken white fellow who tried to oonyince a squaw that they were. related. 

 She very indignantly wanted to know "how ?" He replied by Adam. She instantly 

 retorted, "me glad it no higher!" 



If there is no Indian blood in me I have got nearer to the truth than the Indian 

 hunter did who sold a deer for whiskey. He told the tavern keeper it was on the 

 hig tree down in the big meiidow ; he sent and fouad the meadow aad the tree, but 

 no deer. The Indian's explanation was, "Pretty good for Injun, two truths to one 

 lie." 



DISCUSSION". 



Prof. Porter. Mr. Chairman, there is one point in regard to mulch- 

 ing of plants or preparing for transplanting. In my experience I have 

 found a very good mixture in which to dip the roots to be one-half 

 common garden ground and one-half fresh cow-dung. I have found 

 that to be the best mixture for puddling that I can use. In the first 

 place you have the advantage of the particular fertilizer in the con- 

 dition that makes it ready for use for the plant; and in the second 

 place it is impervious to the atmosphere, and prevents the drying out 

 of the small, fibrous roots. 



Mr. Smith. It will retain moisture longer than anything else you 

 can get. 



Mr. Kellogg. I regret that there is so little time left us for dis- 

 cussion. But I want to say that the executive ability of the Chair is 

 simply wonderful, and I think I have never yet seen in all the con- 

 ventions I have attended so much real work crowded through in the 

 same length of time. 



Mr. Pearce. What do you find to be the best fertilizer of pistilate 

 varieties ? 



Mr. Kellogg. That is very hard to answer. I use Wilson, Capt. 

 Jack, Countess and Crescent put together; one pistilate and one stami- 

 nate. I would say in regard to picking strawberries that I never 

 found a person that picked 239 quarts of berries in a day, except where 

 they picked the Countess. 



Mr. Hoag. What do you call the Countess; is it identical with the 

 Downer ? 



Mr. Kellogg. The name originated here; I don't know where the 

 ^plant originated. Downer's Prolific is claimed to be the same as the 



