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" Most remarkable of all, however, are two specimens of the yel- 

 low cheese pumpkin. These vary but little in size, having already 

 grown to a girth of four feet and eight inches, and increasing at 

 the rate of an inch a day. At no time has the growth seemed more 

 rapid. The rapidity of growth increases flavor and tenderness of 

 all vegetables and fruits. The blood beet has this year been grown 

 to the length of three feet by Mr. Cole, and that a foot more will 

 be added this season, seems probable. That they can be grown to 

 a much greater length by preparing a soil deep enough, with water 

 beneath, I am quite sure. 



" Mr. Cole, not having protected his quince trees from the depre- 

 dations of the borer, his quinces are not as large at this time of 

 year, so he tells me, as those grown by him five years ago in his 

 first test of his system. That he then grew specimens to the size 

 of a pint bowl, his family and neighbors bear witness. The speci- 

 men he has just had photographed measures at this time nine 

 inches in circumference, and as seen at Rider's photograph gallery 

 in Wellsville, N. Y., exhibited in his glass case is mistaken for 

 wax-work. That this quince would have grown to a girth of from 

 one foot to one foot and three inches, had it been left to full de- 

 velopment, I am quite sure. E. F. STELLE. 



WELLSVILLE, N. Y. Sept. 25, 1885. 



"To all whom it may concern. 



" This will certify that I met Mr. Stelle the fore part of the pre- 

 sent week, while looking over the place I once owned and aban- 

 doned because I could not make a living upon it on account of 

 the poverty of the soil, and his statement having been submitted 

 to me, I declare it a fair and truthful one from beginning to end, 

 corresponding with observations made by myself set forth in my 

 own statement, made three days since." WILLIAM POOLER. 



WELLSVILLE, Sept. 20, 1885. 



