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Questiou — Are your trees young, or old ? Answer — They are 

 twenty-five years old. 



H. D. Brown — Some varieties do best on sandy land, others on 

 clay. The Rome Beauty delights in a sandy soil. 



Len. Small — We should recommend very cautiously. Some of 

 the list I denominate as doubtful. 



LIST OF APPLES EECOMMENDEB FOE CENTRAL ILLINOIS. 



SUMMER. 



Bed Astrachan — For family and market. Tree hardy, fair 

 bearer, good market apple. 



Benoni — Good eating and cooking apple; family use. Tree 

 hardy, productive, long season. 



FALL. 



Maiden'' s Blush — Tree moderately hardy, productive. Family 

 and market. 



Stmiard — Tree moderately hardy, very productive. Fruit good 

 size, showy. Family and market. 



BamsdeWs Sireet — Tree hardy, productive. Fruit high colored. 

 Family and market. 



WINTER. 



Be7i Davis — Tree moderately hardy, productive. Market. 



Willow Twig — Tree hardy, productive. Mainly for market. 



Minkler — Tree hardy, moderately productive. Family. 



Grimes'' Golden — Tree hardy, productive, season early winter, 

 quality excellent. Family and market. 



Jonathan — Tree moderately hardy and fairly productive, qual- 

 ity excellent. Family and market. 



RECOMMENDED FOR TRIAL. 



Extra Early — Yellow Transparent. 



Fall —Wealthy. 



Winter — Wythe. H. D. Brown, 



Benj. Buckman, 



H. M. DUNLAP, 



Committee. 



A. G. Humphrey — With me Roman Stem is hardy and pro- 

 lific, and of more value to the orchardist than all of the list recom- 

 mended. 



