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all our being, we will love our brother as ourselves ; that brings 

 us into fellowship with each other, and that fellowship lifts 

 us up into a broader and better way of living, makes life more 

 worth living, and strews life's pathway with flowers, and makes 

 our pilgrim's journey useful and glorious. For, my brothers, 



"Our hopes, our aims, our joys are one, 

 Our comforts and our cares." 



Mr. Race's very bright and practical address was received 

 with great interest, and at its close the speaker was asked 

 numerous questions. 



DiSCUSSTOK. 



Mr. Race : I am not a "professor." I am a simple berry- 

 grower. Don't tax me beyond my capacity. L will do my 

 best always. 



A Member : What varieties do you grow ? 



Mr. Race : Well, I am only growing this year four different 

 kinds. My main reliance is Mammoth Beauty. We might call 

 it Mammoth Haverland. It was originated somewhere in the 

 central part of New York State and never was taken up by 

 the nurserymen under the name of Mammoth Beauty. It is 

 a beautiful berry and carries out to the last berry. Every one, 

 if the season is right and it is carefully grown, will get ripe. 

 It is an immense producer. 



I use, as a "fertilizer," Senator Dunlap and Brandywine. I 

 also have quite a large quantity of Sample. I am not very 

 remarkably impressed with Sample, because I found last year 

 too many false berries. The season was not very favorable 

 for determining quality. I have discarded the Bubach and the 

 Greenville, which is a seedling of the Bubach, because they don't 

 give me fruit enough. The last ripening berries lose their color 

 and seem to lose their flavor with it. 



A Member : Do 3-ou try any new varieties to give new tests ? 



Mr. Race: I said I am willing to let the other fellow do that. 



President Gulley : Are there an}- new ones of great 

 promise ? 



Mr. Race: I will say that ]Mr. Hale says there are, and also 

 Mr. Allen of }ilaryland and others ; but my experience is that 



