Show cold climate lemon st paul dmn dec 27 A christmas dinner KI en by warden Volf cr at the minnesota state prison in stillwater has started a to pardon sinbad the sailor a life prisoner on the basis of im service to the state of shinn acta and al jt A party of the wardens guests among whom was a member of the state prison board commented on an immense fruit resembling a lemon in geneal characteristics but weighing three pounds and measuring and one half inches in circumference resting on a dining room sideboard excited by the wardens story alie guests pressed mr wolfer to bring forward the fruits creator the prisoner explained to the guests the result of his work tho fruit before you he said which may be grown in minnesota or any other portion of the world where like conditions prevail it is a graft of the tropical lemon and the pompon pompom or grapefruit the grapefruit qualities hav e been gradually changed this minnesota lemon 13 fitted for all the uses of the tropical fruit it can be made into pies and lemonade some of each of which will bo served here today 1 I got the first cuttings for my intended experiments some years ago from columbus 0 the fruit you see here came of several years work developing size and quality the trees bloom twice a year early in the summer and late in the fall all the fruit on mv trees of this variety grow almost as large as this and are of equally good faivor and firmness evening telegram |