542 WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Of the Currant, I can say, not profitable except in bush 
form, and the old wood removed every third year ; and then 
the borer may take off the profits as well as the bushes. The 
borer works more in the red than white Dutch. 
Any practical information for the successful propagation of 
the Grape, would be very acceptable, as we cannot depend on 
the Isabella and Catawba, even after protection. 
Amours for the success of fruit in Wisconsin, against all oppo¬ 
sition. 
Geo. J. Kellogg. 
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EXCESSIVE CULTIVATION OF FRUIT TREES. 
BY 0. P, DOW, OP PALMYRA. 
Chas. Gifford, Esq : 
Dear Sir: —Having received from you a note, in due sea¬ 
son, inviting me to be present at a meeting of the Wisconsin 
Fruit Growers’ Association, to be held at Whitewater, on the 
19tA and 20th January, 1860, I feel that I should at least make 
a short reply, and thank you for the timely notice and favor. 
I am not a fruit grower, in any extended sense, much less a 
professional-one ; still, 1 have transplanted trees, and thereby 
added my mite to the continually increasing number of orch¬ 
ards, in our new and rapidly growing State. And, although 
I am not a fruit grower, still I am happy to encourage, as far 
as my small ability will allow, so noble and philanthropic a 
cause as that of fruit culture. 
I consider it to be a work that has much to do with man’s 
development, both physically and mentally; consequently it has 
