30 TRAiv^SACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Mr. Daggy — Wlaile it is true that it scabs very much^ that is when 

 it over-bears itself. When it bears sparse crops the apples are gen- 

 ally good. 



Mr. Wier — 1 would say that you are mistaken about the sparse 

 ■crop. My trees have had a medium crop for three years, but they 

 have scabbed. 



Mr. Baldwin — In reference to the scab it should be recollected that 

 most of our varieties have scabbed within the last five years, and yet, 

 we have some very excellent winter apples we do not want stricken 

 out on that account. It is all nonsense about its having lost its 

 vitality. 



Mr. Galusha — I should be very sorry to see it stricken from the list 

 for the IN'orth. As I remarked this morning, these eases of failure 

 are either local or temjDorary. It seems to me unwise to strike it 

 from the list simply because for a few successive years it has scabbed. 



Mr. Earle — The remarks of Mr. Shephard were exactly applicable 

 to Southern Illinois. They are very scabbj^, and very unworthy. 1 

 am not speaking for all Illinois, but only for my own neighborhood. 



Mr. Brown — It does very well for my purposes. 



The question then being on striking out, it was lost. 



Grain's Spice. — Mr. Brown — Grain's Spice is a small apple, but a 

 very excellent one, and a very fine grower. A. M. Lawver, of Cobden, 

 has propagated it with success, and it ought to stand where it does. 



GuLLASAGA. — Mr. Brown — CuUasaga has been cultivated in my 

 neighborhood. It is a very fine winter apple, but I do not know much 

 about it. 



The President — When does it appear to ripen ? 



Mr. Brown — I cannot tell. There will be a few specimens on the 

 table to-morrow. 



Davidge. — Mr. Brown — The name is spelt wrong — it should be 

 Davidge. It is a seedling, and the most promising winter apple 1 

 knovsr of, but as very few have been propagated, it will not be for 

 sale, probably, for a year or two, and it had better remain where it is. 

 It is exceedingly productive, of very fine quality. It keeps with a less 



