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amount of loss than anything I know of. It is good to eat in Feb- 

 raarv and March. 



Doming. — Mr. Wier — "We consider the Domine one of the best 

 apples wo have to pack — always right and always good. 



DocHESs OF Oldenburg. — Mr. Shephard — The Duchess is of no use 

 with me any how. One of the difficulties is that we hardly ever get 

 it; so, in our neighborhood it is useless. In my orchard it begins to 

 ripen about the last of September. The tree corresponds with the 

 description of the Oldenburg. I have, as 3'et, never got but one crop 

 that was fit to offer to any one. It is a thifty grower, makes a very 

 handsome head, and has a stout, vigorous shoot. The wood of the 

 new growth is soft. 



The President — That cannot be the Duchess of Oldenburg. The 

 tree is not a vigorous grower — rather a moderate grower, and ex- 

 tremelj' hardy — the buds are rather long jointed, not very close 

 together, the branches not very numerous. The}^ do not produce 

 very numerous shoots. The apple, in our part of the State, com- 

 mences to ripen about the last of August. It was a fall apple in the 

 East, and Charles Downing sent me the genuine one, which was ex- 

 actly the same as mine. It is purely a question of climate. It is the 

 most pro liictive of anything I know, and I never saw a blotch or scab 

 upon it. 



Mr. Durle}' — I have them in bearing, answering to the description 

 given by the President, and the tree has been almost worthless for 

 12 years. I never got a full crop from them. 



Retained. 



Early Pennock. — Mr. Earle— I move to strike out the Early Pen- 

 nock for market and family use in the South. 



Mr. Downing — It is one of the most profitable apples we have, and 

 therefore I object to the motion to strike out for market and family 

 use in the South. 



The motion was ^ost. 



Early Strawberry. — Moved that it be stricken out for family use 

 in the Center. 



