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being large, handsome and of good quality; but here it is a Septem- 

 ber apple. Pewaukee is not so handsome or good in quality, and in 

 this latitude must be classed among the early winter apples. Haas I 

 have found to scab sometimes, which injures its appearance; it is a 

 late fall apple. Salome I have found to be productive, fair in qual- 

 ity, and a good keeper, but a little too small for a popular market 

 apple. The tree is perfectly hardy in my orchard. I do not desire 

 to discuss the question of dry or moist orchard sites, but do not agree 

 with the Doctor that black prairie soil is unfavorable to the long- 

 evity of fruit trees. Some of our orchards along the Mississippi 

 bluff are dead, while others planted on flat prairie soil are compara- 

 tively healthy. 



Mr. Dunlap — The Haas, as I know it, is a good tree, and the 

 fruit handsome. I think jour coming wdnter apples will come from 

 the South rather than the North. Apples ripen earlier as they are 

 moved southward. A number of new and promising apples, from 

 Southern Illinois, were exhibited at Centralia — at the State meeting 

 —last winter, that are at least worthy of being carefully tested. But 

 until we get something that is known to be good, I would advise 

 planters to stick to those that have done best in the past. I would 

 still plant the Ben Davis, but with some misgivings. 



Mr. Brown — 1 have fruited the Haas and Pewaukee, and am 

 pleased with the former. The Pewaukee is sometimes injured in the 

 nursery. 



"^ Prof. Burrill — I had the pleasure of meeting with the Wiscon- 

 sin State Horticultural Society last winter, and this question was 

 very thoroughly discussed. Pewaukee was said to have been injured 

 by the late cold winters. Wealthy was very generally recommended. 

 Others wo aid plant only crabs. They, like ourselves, are undecided 

 wdiat to plant. 



Mr. Dunlap — I think we may sum up the question of location 

 by saying: plant on the soil that will best resist the drouths of 

 summer. 



