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may live fifty years yet of imperfect life, and yield imperfect fruit, while the same 

 trees miglit have lived seventy-five or eighty years with favorable circumstances, 

 producing fruit in its best estate. Some few trees escaped injury ; they were not always 

 of the most^hardy sorts either. Their preservation, in some cases, was due more to 

 favorable growth and local influence than from any constitutional hardiness. 



"I have several hundred young apple trees that are just commencing to bear, but 

 would hardly dare to recommend any particular variety as a favorite ; for what to me might 

 be par e.Mellence, to some one else might not be quite as good as a first-class potato. Yet, 

 if a family desired a selection for talkie use, I would recommend choice eating apples, 

 even if they did not bear so full, or regularly, or keep so long as some others of coarser 

 grain ; while, for general market, I would seek those varieties most hardy, and that 

 would bear full, regular crops of large-sized, showy apples, and long keepers if for 

 winter use. I would take coarse-grained ajiples for this purjiose, provided there could 

 be no fine-grained apples found to fill the bill. All large sized and late keeping apples 

 are more or less tasteless, especially if they will keep for a year. " The Ijest go first;" 

 and, when these points are considered, I think each one in his own mind has already 

 made selection of his favorites. 



" No man would be wise to invest his capital as a dependence in a variety for 

 market that was not quite sure of yielding an income. Other varieties might be used as 

 a supplement. It has not been my intention to present a radical view, but rather to 

 suggest the general principles that may be of use in every locality in making selections. 

 The theory, the observation, the experience of no one man is sufficient to establish a 

 rule for every latitude; and here will be observed the benefit of the association of 

 different ideas and views — that by an interchange of these views we may learn tolerance, 

 and obtain that width and depth of mind and heart that we are capable of. 



" I might venture to mention some varieties that have been fruited for a long 

 number of years in our locality, and are still in good request. The following is only a 

 partial list. There are many others in bearing that have their special friends : 



" Summer Varieties. — Red Astrachan, Early Harvest, Red June, Sweet Bough, 

 Sweet June, Jersey Sweet, Early Strawberry, Summer Queen, Summer Rose, Summer 

 .Sweet Paradise, Golden Sweet. 



"Fall Varieties. — Autumn Strawberry, Duchess of Oldenburg, Dyer, Maiden's 

 Blush, Lowell, Knox County Rambo, Fall Wine, Fulton, Fameuse or Snow. 



" Winter Varieties. — Jonathan, Domine, Yellow Bellflower, Yellow Newtown 

 Pippin, Hays' Winter Wine, Kaighn's Spitzenberg, Esopus Spitzenberg, Seek-no-further, 

 Smith's Cider, Tolman Sweet, Janet, Ben Davis, Northern Spy, Fallawater, Wagener, 

 Lady Finger, R. L Greening, Roman Stem, Westfield Seek-no-further, Ladies' Sweet, 

 Winesap, Willow Twig, Eng. Golden Russet, King of Tompkins County, Newtown 

 Spitzenberg, White Winter Pearmain, Peck's Pleasant, Baldwin, Stark, Green Sweet. 



" The above list of varieties is not all recommended for any locality, and it contains 

 only about half the varieties that have been fruited in different orchards here. The only 

 object I have in presenting the above list is to show the need of system in selection for 

 general planting. And this evil of an unending list can be remedied in part by 

 organized effort. 



" The Wythe apple is certainly worthy of a place among the good apples. In 

 eating I noticed the aroma you mentioned." 



Dr. Hay thought the experience in Mr. Hofif's locality differed some 

 from ours. Yellow Bellflower, Red June and Spitzenberg did not do so 

 well here. 



President Hamm(1ND mentioned that White Winter Pearmain, Lady 

 Finger, Kaighn's Spitzenberg, Yellow Newtown Pippin, Tolman Sweet, 

 etc., are not doing well in this locality. 



J. P. Walker — There are other kinds not so well adapted to our bluff 

 soils as to the black soils of the prairie. 



