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Mr. M. L. Diinlap — I got some from Mr. Jones, which were called 

 Brandywine. It is the same apple identically. I see that "Warder, in 

 his Pomology, describes them as two different apples. 



Carried. 



Mother — Mr. Bryant — Mother is a very fair bearer ; not any richer 

 apple to be found : it is rather an early fall apple ; ripe in September 

 and October ; not always in September, but generally in October. 



Northern Spy — Mr. Huggins — I move that it be entered for market 

 and family use in the Centre. 



Mr. M. L. Dunlap — I move to amend by saying " special localitie*." 



Mr. Dagg}- — I move, as a further amendment, that we recommend 

 it for our children. 



Mr. Galusha — Northern Spy requires peculiar treatment. 



Mr. Huggins — For our county it is just the right apple, and its 

 value is just beginning to be appreciated. It is a slow apple in 

 coming to bearing. 



Mr. Bryant, Sr. — I think itMs not always a very small tree that does 

 the best bearing. 



Mr. Huggins — It is one of these late bloomers, which is another 

 thing in its flavor. 



Mr. Wier — The Northern Spy commences to bloom about the eighth 

 3^ear after planting, but it proves to be a fall apple in our soil; and at 

 the usual time of gathering it will all be on the gx'ound. I do not 

 consider it an apple to be recommended for a winter apple at all. 



Mr. Bryant, Sr. — It appears to me that it gets better as the tree 

 gets older. 



Mr. Douglas — Mr. Wier seems to think the Northern Spy will not 

 keep long enough to be a winter apple. I have sold them in the 

 month of March. I remember very well one instance where I sold 

 twenty barrels of them. I was busy at the time, and I sent the man 

 into m}^ cellar. I told him to examine them for himself. Ho went, 

 and in a little while came back and said he had examined four barrels, 

 and there were no bad ones amongst them. It did not matter about 

 examining any further. 



