ESSAY ON THE RASPBERRY. 
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Mr. Plumb had_tbought much and practiced some on hedge 
plants. He had heard the three-thorned locust named as mak¬ 
ing an excellent hedge, and had sent for seed of the same; but 
more than one-half of them had proved thornless, and he had 
abandoned the idea of making a hedge of them, and should 
therefore cultivate the trees for shade trees. A neighbor of his 
had been trying the Osage orange, and it promised well on the 
high, dry land ; and he meant to plant it himself. ' 
Judge Knapp said that in his opinion Wisconsin was north 
of the zone of the Osage orange, and experience would prove, 
if it had not already done so, thsPt it could not be depended 
upon as a hejige plant in this state; in fact many of the plants 
proved tender at Bloomington, in Illinois. And where one 
dies out, the hedge is destroyed as a fence. Some plant was 
required, every one of which would be hardy. The three- 
thorned locust, in addition to the objection of its dangerous 
thorns, wouldmot bear to be sheared clown sufficiently to keep 
in bounds. It was a tree and not a shrub. 
Mr. Adams said there was a difference in the seedlings of the 
Osage, as to their capacity to resist the cold, the same as with 
apple seedlings; and for that reason he did not think it would 
make a good hedge plant here. The tender ones would die out 
and thus the hedge be destroyed. 
The meeting then adjourned to 7 1-2 in the evening. 
7J o’clock p. m. 
The meeting convened agreeably to adjournment. The 
president in the chair. 
The secretary then read from Mr. De Wolf of Delevan, 
AN ESSAY ON THE RASPBERRY. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen : 
The raspberry is among our most important branches of 
horticulture, and is rendered doubly important at the present 
time, by the neglect it has received in the past. * * My love 
for all persons living within our beautiful state prompts me 
to make one frank statement, and in this I desire to encourage 
