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not such an apple as the society ought to recommend ; it don't pay 

 for its cultivation, and he would move to strike it from the list, 

 which was ordered to be done. 



It was proposed by Mr. Stickney that the Alexander be added 

 to the list. It was a very hardy and showy apple, much sought 

 after in the market and reasonably productive. 



Mr. Plumb was opposed to putting it on the extra hardy list ; 

 while it does well in the northern portion of the state, it is very 

 much subject to blight in the southern part, and this should be 

 taken into consideration. 



Mr. Kellogg wa3 not in favor of putting it on the list. His own 

 experience with it had not been satisfactory; from two trees, 

 twenty-five years old, he had gathered only one fair crop of apples. 



Mr. Philips did not believe that it was necessary to add another 

 variety to the list to keep the old number good. He regarded the 

 Alexander as objectionable on account of the blight, and should 

 prefer to cut the number of varieties down to five than to include 

 it. He thought the Pewaukee was a much better variety, and 

 more worthy of a place on the list. 



Mr. Stickney could recommend the Pewaukee as an excellent 

 bearer and a good winter apple; the tree is as hardy as the Haas, 

 the Fameuse or Plumb's Cider: the quality of the fruit is not, 

 perhaps, the best, but it is very good and it keeps remarkably 

 well. 



Mr. Tuttle regarded the Pewaukee as one of our best varieties ; 

 it is giving better satisfaction each year, and he believed it would 

 prove equally as valuable to this state as the Wealthy in Minne- 

 sota. It was, perhaps, not as hardy in the nursery as some other 

 varieties, but it stood well, and in the orchard it was equal in hard- 

 iness to the Duchess and was very productive; in quality it was 

 better than the Haas. It was much in demand in the Baraboo 

 market and elsewhere, both as an eating and cooking apple. In 

 addition to this, it is along keeper. It had done so well with him 

 that if he was to set out an orchard for commercial purposes, he 

 should make it and the Wealthy the two main varieties. He has 

 trees growing in unfavorable locations and in soil where other va- 

 rieties, even the Fameuse had failed 

 G — Hokt. 



