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that seemed familiar on the bill of fare, and that I get every 

 time I dine with Brother Hale — it is Hale "sass." I have 

 always had a very great reverence for pomology. I think 

 this spirit of reverence has come in part from the fact that it 

 is the most ancient "ology" we have. I am snre theology 

 came two or three days later than pomology. The very first 

 thing that was established in the Garden of Eden was the 

 apple tree of the variety known as the "Tree of the Knowl- 

 edge of Good and Evil." Because our first parents didn't 

 understand how to handle the tree — never having read the 

 bulletins from the experiment station at Xew Haven, they 

 made mistakes and landed both themselves and us in a whole 

 world of trouble. That particular variety of apple is lost, but 

 when I get hold of a good Mcintosh Red or Northern Spy. 

 1 think to myself, that came from the "Tree of Good Knowl- 

 edge," and on the other hand, when I am unfortunate enough 

 to have offered me a Ben Davis. I sa\ , that came from "the 

 Tree of the Knowledge of Evil." I hope sometime we may 

 discover or develop that Tree again, for it is the combination 

 of the two things we want. What a grand thing it would 

 be if we could each of us have such a Tree in our yard — then 

 there would be no further need for our churches and schools 

 and experiment stations ; all we would need to do would be 

 to sit under that tree and wish for whatever we desired and 

 it would come to pass. 



It would be a pleasure to me to be so situated that I might 

 mingle more with the public, but the duties of my office at 

 the station are most confining, and it is also a strain upon 

 one's knowledge to be called upon to answer intelligently all 

 the questions that come to us. Very often I am asked to 

 prescribe for a sick cow, and frequently when I am away in 

 the country, I am called upon at midnight to administer med- 

 icine to a sick woman — my title giving people the idea that 

 I am a medical man ; and, by the way. I have had great suc- 

 cess in giving long distance prescriptions. Another case is 

 that of a man sending me a calf in a barrel, asking me to 

 determine and tell him what it died of. ()ne request sent me 

 was asking for a harmless powder that would develop oxy- 



