This matter still continues to be a subject of discussion in the magazines. Why cannot the inventor of a new fruit get the same protection from law as the inventor of any other novelty? The only answer we could ever hear was that the inventor of a new fruit cannot present to the patent office in language and by drawings the precise points on which he claims novelty, as inventors in other claims can.

Now there seems no way but for the grower to raise the fruits himself, and put it in the market, or to dispose of it to some one who will. But this course does not amount to much, for it is the public verdict that gives value to a new fruit. The raiser's own estimate only goes for so much in the whole opinion. Unfortunately after the public has the plant to decide on, it is too late to be of any service to the raiser, and it is chiefly here that the trouble comes in. If the raisers of the Concord grape and the Downing strawberry had not distributed their plants their names would not be blessed by the thousands who are grateful to day.

If any one can see any plan by which the raiser of a new fruit would get a fair recompense for his good work, it would be a welcome suggestion. Nothing practical has been suggested, though the question has been for years before the public.