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GENERAL FRUITS. 151 
August twenty-eighth, we received three varieties from L. S. 
Gjemse. All very good size, medium to large. 
On September twenty-seventh, received from L. E. Austin samples 
of one variety, full medium size; color, yellow ground, mottled red, 
irregular yellow spots showing through the red—a very handsome 
fruit; the flesh is orange-yellow, firm, juicy; flavor much like Dam- 
son; has a small, thick, round stone; leaf resembles the Chickasaw 
family. The tree is said to have been found in a wild grove in 
Chippewa county. 
On October fifteenth, we received samples of the Golden Beauty 
from Chas. Luedloff, Carver, in very good condition after they had 
been picked two weeks. It is a medium sized, oval, golden-yellow 
plum that seems to be proving hardy with Mr. L.,and may have 
great value for crowning with some of our best natives. 
In the strawberry season we made a trip to Sparta, Wis., to ex- 
amine a new seedling strawberry originated by L. Herbst. The va- 
riety appears to be very promising. The plants are robust and 
healthy. Itis said to be a seedling of the Warfield crossed with 
Jessie. The fruit is large, of the most perfect form and of a dark 
glossy red color. The flesh is firm and of excellent quality and has 
the marks of being a good shipper. Some fruit we carried home 
with us was in perfect condition four days after picking. Itisa 
perfect flowering variety, ripening nearly with the earliest and con- 
tinuing to bear a long time, and from the result of a few rows we 
saw in a Warfield plantation,it appeared to be a potent pollenizer and 
admirably adapted to grow with that variety or any of the earlier 
pistillate varieties. Its size, color, uniformity of shape and produc- 
tiveness promise to make it a popular variety. It was first placed on 
exhibition in competition as best new seedling at the summer meet- 
ing of the Wis. Hort. Society at Kilbourn City, in 1893,and was award- 
ed the first prize over a number of strong competitors. 
DISCUSSION. 
Pres. Underwood: This report is now open for discussion. 
If any one has a question to ask on the report, we would be glad 
to hear from them. 
Mr. Wedge: Ido not know whether it would be a matter of 
interest, but there are some seedlings originated by Mr. Mitch- 
ell, of Cresco, Iowa, which, it seems to me, are not receiving 
all the attention they deserve. I have some of them on trialat 
my own place, and they are as promising as any seedlings I 
have found anywhere. The fruit is fine. His Red Warrior 
is a finely colored apple, hardy in growth, and it seems to me 
should receive more attention in Iowa and Minnesota than it 
has heretofore had. 
Mr. Kimball: How is the Red Warrior as to blight? 
Mr. Wedge: Icannot say as to that; itis in an exposed place. 
The trees ripen the wood reasonably well, and I am going to 
