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ciate or understand its extent. If all nurserymen would 

 adopt the Burbank rule it might be safe for the average 

 gardener or fruit grower to surround himself with every 

 novelty ; but, while we are as we are, beware of anything 

 that we ask four prices for. Buy lightly of it if at all, and 

 test it for yourself ; or, better yet, let your neighbor spend 

 his filthy lucre and you pocket his experience. Let our 

 experiment stations buy and care for specimens at the first 

 opportunity (not wait until some nurseryman gives them a 

 plant), report on them as soon as possible, and theft be sure 

 of your men ! Don't let the director wait too long before 

 telling the whole story, the whole truth of each year's 

 behavior. 



Perhaps, after this rambling talk, I ought to mention 

 definitely a few novelties of recent introduction that are of 

 very doubtful value : Primus, Tree Strawberry, Mayberry, 

 Tree Blackberry, Wineberry, Rocky Mountain Cherry, 

 Logan Berry. 



SAVE THOU A FARM, IF THOU WOULD' ST 

 SAVE THINE OWN 



By HERBERT W. COLLINGWOOD, Editor of "The Rural New-Yorker" 



YOU Connecticut Yankees can get up a bigger meeting 

 than we can in New Jersey, but in one point we 

 beat you — we have a larger proportion of ladies. 

 At one institute I recently attended we had thirty people 

 in the hall, and six of them were "women folks;" that 

 means 20 per cent of the total attendance. Over here you 

 have hard work to draw out half of i per cent. Ever 

 since Adam's wife got her husband into trouble over the 

 apple business, I observe that fruit growers are very cautious 

 about taking their wives along with them to any place 

 where it would be possible for them to pick up a little 

 extra fruit knowledge. Therefore they leave them at home 

 to keep the house warm and do the chores. 



As I understand it, the central thought of your meeting 

 is the fact that the Connecticut farmer cannot longer com- 

 pete with the western farmer in producing the ordinary 



