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er is the first man to have such a stock. I 
want right here to pay tribute to the un¬ 
commercial spirit which he has shown in 
these matters. He seems to disregard all 
thought of business when he can discuss 
anything of general benefit to the inter¬ 
est of the grower. The fruit that was 
grown on the Cleopatria stock was in bet¬ 
ter condition, more full of juice and finer 
than that grown on sour stock. The trees 
were about the same size. No nursery 
has been using that as a root stock. In 
the County Fair at St. Augustine I found 
a half box of Cleopatria without the ex¬ 
hibitor’s name and no one knew about it 
or where it came from. I tried to pur¬ 
chase the box and I found the man incor¬ 
ruptible. I hung around there for three 
days and tried to get that box and failed. 
On the last day he weakened. Some one 
had purchased the entire exhibit and this 
gentleman did not appear and finally I 
paid for this box. I have planted my 
Cleopatria in three counties, DeSoto, Polk 
and Lake, but it will be a year or two or 
three before that stock can ever be budded 
and I am particularly desirous and I think 
it is a matter of general interest if we 
could find what that has been used for 
and identify it. 
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