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The President Near Cranberry, southwest of Asheville. I hope 

 in time we will have some publications from Tucson on this matter of 

 evaporation which will throw some considerable light on this subject. I 

 cannot understand how it is that nature overloads the trees with moisture 

 in the winter time. It reminds me, while this matter is being discussed, 

 of a man up in a little town who went by the name of Uncle Jabez, his 

 name being Jabez Jones. He was like these trees which the winter 

 affects occasionally he would get overloaded with moisture, alcoholic 

 moisture and one day he came out and he evidently had too heavy a 

 load on, and someone says, "Uncle Jabez, you are overloaded to-day," 

 and with a twinkle in his eye, he said, "Yes, I would better have made 

 two trips!" (Laughter). Now, Mr. Munson, let us hear about "Resistance 

 to Cold, Heat, Wet, Drought, Soils, etc., in Grapes." 



