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not. The specimen orchanl of Mr. Tuttle, ol" Haraboo in our 

 State, produoctl tiiis year more than iitty varieties of Russian ajiples, 

 manv ot" whieh are very promising. Mr. (}il)h lias not overesti- 

 mated the importance of carefully rectifying tlie nomenclature of 

 our Russian fruits. Without this, designing parties will continue 

 to impose uj)on our people with worthless varieties. If we can 

 onlv select from varieties now on trial live or ten varieties of value 

 in the Xorth our labors will have been well spent. 



Mr. LyQU, of Michigan — We have found no Ru.'^.-ian variety that 

 is good enough in (piality. The Alexander is good to look at and 

 to cook, but that is all. I think it is possible for us to originate 

 seedlings from Russian varieties that may prove valuable. 



Mr. Cassell, of Mississippi — Men tliffer as to what constitutes su- 

 perior excellence. In the catalogue of the American I'omological 

 Society the Red Astrachan is double starred in almost every State. 



Mr. Plumb, of Wiscon.sin — We of Wisconsin are anticipating 

 satisfactory results from tin- labors of Mr. Gibb and Prof. Budd, 

 We expect, through their efforts, to infuse new '"blood" into our 

 strain of apples. We expect, through this source, to carry the limit 

 of apple growing from three to five hundred mihs further north- 

 ward. We do not expect to confine ourselves to varieties intro- 

 duced, but to their seedlings and crosses. 



3fr. Van Deman, of Kansas — I desire to introduce a resolution on 

 this subject : 



Reaohed, Thai it is the sense of this meeting tliat, except fur the extreme north- 

 ern portions of the United States and the Canadas, the entire list of Rnssian apple* 

 is considered as unworthy of propagation. 



.1 Memhrr — There is no more valuable ai)ple in Florida than the 

 Duchess of Oldenburg. 



President Earle — A society embracing so wiile a range of terri- 

 tory as ours does may properly discuss questions like this, although 

 of local interest to certain sections only. 



J/)-. Van Deman — Those of us who live in the central j)ortions of 

 the United States are not obliged to take hold of these api)les. We 

 want to keep the Russian sorts to the North. We don't need them. 

 I have never seen a Russian apple of better than fourth-rate quality. 



