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The Duchess was introduced into England by Andrew Knight. The 

 Alexander came from the Baltic. It has a thin leaf and would not 

 stand the heat well. Would endure our climate, except it is subject to 

 blight. Number 227, Gipsey Girl, is the most beautiful apple I ever 

 saw, very mild, subacid, pleasant. Think it is going to be a success 

 everywhere. The Garden apple is very hardy, hardier than the 

 Duchess. Among the late fall and winter varieties the Longfield 

 family is one of the best. They can be kept in this latitude until 

 this time of year, but further sou-th they will be ripe about the time 

 of Fameuse. It is a good and constant bearer; never hurts, not 

 even the tips of the limbs. The Good Peasant is the best long 

 keeper, and the best of the Longfield apples. Their season is about 

 like the Grimes' Golden. It is a very promising apple, about the 

 same flavor and a little better in quality than the Fameuse. The 

 Cross family — two members of this family — number 443, introduced 

 by the Government, is one of the handsomest trees I have seen, 

 bears early and constantly very smeoth apples, that have the appear- 

 ance of the R. I. Greening and are very good keepers. They are very 

 hard in the fall and can be kept all winter, if you have a good, cool, 

 dry place to put them. A common cellar will not do. Number 15 

 (from Moscow) is a very hardy tree, good bearer, good keeper, 

 equal to Willow Twig in this respect, not extra good size. The 

 quality is some better than the Willow Twig, there being a similarity 

 in the texture. Ostrakoff family, number 316 of this family, is a 

 very long keeper. Have kept it through until March, with the same 

 treatment as Willow Twig, Ben Davis and others; is not of the 

 best quality; is as good or better then Willow Twig; a good deal 

 the same kind of an apple. 



Mr. Kellogg — I have enjoyed your meeting very much, and am 

 sorry that it will be impossible for me to be with you this evening to 

 participate in your debate on small fruit, but I must start for home 

 this evening. I thank you for your kind and hearty reception. 



Geo. W. Minier, Chairman of Committee on Resolutions, offered 

 the following, and on motion they were adopted: 



Your Committee on Resolutions beg leave to report as follows: 



Resolved, 1st. To the good people of the city of Kankakee we tender 

 unfeigned thanks for the cordial welcome tendered us through Mr. Emery 

 Cobb. 



