64 TEANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



LIST or APPLES KECOMMENDED FOR NORTHERN ILLINOIS. 



SUMMER. 



Benoni — One of the best for dessert, tree hardy, good bearer. 

 Duchess of Oldenburg — Tree hardy, good bearer, fruit fair and 

 good for culinary purposes. Saleable. 



FALL. 



Maiden'' s Blush — Tree half hardy, good bearer, good for des- 

 sert, culinary purposes and market. 



Cayuga Bed Streak — Tree half hardy, good grower, good 

 bearer, good for eating out of the hand and cooking. Very sale- 

 able, never refused on the market. 



Fameuse or Snoiv — Tree hardy, season between fall and win- 

 ter, good. 



WIKTER. 



Jonathan — Best for dessert, early winter. Tree reasonably 

 hardy, should be gathered early. 



Ben Davis — Not the best quality, tree tender, good bearer, sale- 

 able. His hide sells him ; there are dollars and cents in him. We 

 can afford to lose the trees every fifteen years. 



Willow Twig — Tree hardy: good bearer; fruit best after 

 March. 



Wealthy — Tree hardy ; very fair saleable fruit ; productive and 

 profitable. 



Roman Stem — One of the best quality, especially for use in the 

 family. 



S. G. MiNKLER, 



MiLO Barnard, 

 Arthur Bryant. 



Committee. 



C. N. Dennis — Judging from appearance of tree and fruit. 

 Plumb's Cider is a valuable apple for the North. 



J. V. Cotta — They are not a success, either in tree or fruit ; 

 trees are not hardy and the fruit is poor in quality. 



Milo Barnard — Some apples that are of no value in my orchard 

 are doubtless of much value in some other locality. 



S. G. Minkler — Yes ! for my own county — Kendall — if I was 

 a nice young man I would plant my own orchard largely of Twenty- 

 ounce Pippin. It is first-class in all respects, with us, large, hand- 

 some, of good quality, and so fine in appearance that it will sell 

 when other varieties are a drug in the market. 



