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prove the most satisfactory. With rae the Lowell, Duchess, Golden 

 or English Russet, Willow and Snow, are quite hardy; so are the 

 Wealthy and Tetofsky. 



William Cooper — With me the Roman Stem, Snow, Duchess 

 and Lowell have done very well. The Sweet Russet is quite hardy 

 and bears well. The Minkler is hardy, but it don't bear any fruit. 

 I have trees fifteen to eighteen inches in diameter that have never 

 borne enough to pay for the ground on which they stand; the same 

 with the Bellflower. The Ben Davis is an entire failure. The 

 Baily Sweet, with me, is quite hardy, and bears pretty well. 



Mr. McKinstry — The Duchess and the Golden or English Rus- 

 set are hardy and good bearers. The Fall Orange is a good apple and 

 quite hardy. The Willow and Tallman Sweet are hardy, but they 

 drop their fruit badly; too much codling moth. 



Mr. Parsons — The Tallman Sweet is perfectly hardy, but it 

 don't bear up in the sand ridges. The Wealthy is hardy, fruit fair, 

 and bears early; resembles Smith's Cider. 



Mr. McKinstry — Would plant Duchess, Lowell and Wealthy. 

 What about the Nelson Sweet? 



Len. Small — 1 can't get them to grow. They are not hardy 

 with me. 



Mr. McKinstry — They are difficult to start in the nursery; but 

 when once started they grow thrifty and are hardy with me. An 

 excellent fruit. 



Mr. Dickinson — I have planted over one hundred trees and they 

 are all dead but fifteen. The Duchess and Roman Stem are hardy. 



Mr. McElroy — With me the Roman Stem, the Snow and the 

 Maiden's Blush, are the best. All my other varieties are dead and 

 dying. 



Mr. Cunningham — We used to raise apples here and very fine 

 ones, too; and by the looks of those magnificent specimens on the 

 table, they are raised yet, somewhere. 



The President — Those were raised in the southern section of 

 the State, where they were not frozen to death, at Villa Ridge and 

 Makanda. 



