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Mr. Durley — We have some sixteen or twenty years old that we 

 find very valuable for family use, but not worth much for anything 

 else. 



Mr. Hammond — I move that it bo stricken out from the Center. 

 The motion was not entertained from want of a. second. 



May of Myees. — Mr. Wier — May of Myers bears on heavy clay 

 land very fine fruit, and on light soils it is worthless. On thin soils 

 it overbears and kills itself. On young trees on rich land it is a large 

 apple, light green in color, and keeps until about the first of May, 

 and has an insipid sweet flavor. The tree is very crooked and 

 branchy and has a large spreading head. I should call it a tender 

 tree. It comes into bearing young and bears very full. 



Mr. Bryant, Sr. — I do not think we have any better keeping 

 apples than the May of Myers. It is an apple inferior to the Gilpin. 

 I have very little respect for the man's taste who would, say it was a 

 good apple. My experience is that it is not fit to put into a man's 

 stomach. 



Mr. Bliss — To say it is worthless is a mild term. Pour a bushel of 

 them into a two-horse wagon, and I will warrant that you can drive 

 two miles over a rough road without breaking the skin. It is entirely 

 worthless whether for making cider or for any other purpose. 



Mr. Galusha — I have had the apple for several years, and I would 

 never plant it again if it was given to me. I regard the tree as being 

 entirely worthless. 



Mr. Wier — I do not wish to be understood as recommending the apple 

 at all. I never have recommended it to any one. It is a good market 

 apple, a good baking apple, and some people think a good deal of it to 

 eat. I would as soon eat a potato. 



Mr. Bliss — I move that it be struck out of the list for trial in the 

 North. 



Mr. Earle — What consistency is there in this action? We have 

 retained several other apples. It would almost seem that the worthless- 

 ness of an apple, entitled it to a place on the list, and I think the May 

 of Myers ought to go on. 



