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A. L. Miner — Smith's Cider is good. Northern Spy paid me 

 well last year. Rambo and Cayuga Red Streak bear well most every 

 year. 



Mr. Mortimer — Of Ben Davis I have some that are very infe- 

 rior. In other places they are excellent. I think we are hardly in 

 the latitude for Ben Davis unless we have a southern slope to plant 

 upon. 



A. L. Miner — My orchard is set on the north side of a sandhill. 

 T have had no experience with the Ben Davis myself, but one of my 

 neighbors has as fine and thrifty looking an orchard of this variety 

 us I ever saw. The speaker also mentioned other Ben Davis or- 

 chards that are doing well. 



A. H. Burt — Does any one know anything about the Strawberry 

 apple ? 



Answer — There are several different varieties of trees in this 

 section which are called the Strawberry apple; most of them are 

 short lived. 



Mr. Mellon was called. My experience is rather limited, but I 

 have two varieties that have not be spoken of here that did the best 

 with me : they are the Romanite and Little Romanite. The Minkler 

 keeps well. If I was to say anything about the Northern Spy, I 

 would say plant as few of them as possible. 



T. C. Dickinson — I have a Roman Stem that has been bearing 

 four successive years. Russets bear well, but the fruit is inferior. 

 Mr. Dickinson spoke about girdling trees, and in connection with 

 that subject, said: "If I had trees that did not bear I would cut the 

 bark at the ground and strip it up to the limbs, and I think they 

 would bear one good crop of fruit." 



Mr. Cooper — I have some fifty varieties of apples; none of them 

 have been doing me justice, or else I have not been doing them jus- 

 tice. I do not feel prepared to recommend any varieties. Of those 

 I have, Lowell is the best for fall, Duchess of Oldenburg for summer. 

 Ben Davis has borne a few crops of fine looking apples, but they are 

 so inferior in quality that it takes a person who is almost starved to 

 relish them; they have not been old enough to bear but about seven 

 years, and they begin to show signs of decay. Of small fruits: Rasp- 

 berries — Black Cap varieties; Strawberries — Monarch of the West, 



