78 TRANSACTIONS OF THE ILLINOIS 



Mr. Hammond — T have had this apple in bearing for three years, 

 and with me they drop from the tree. 



Mr. Nelson — I have had this apple in bearing, and have noticed 

 this disposition to drop from the tree, and I came to the conclusion 

 that it was an early fall apple. Recently the trees split and broke 

 down, and I was not sorry — I don't like it. 



Mr. Phenix — I would like to ask about the Stark. What is its 

 reputation .' 



Mr. Webster — With me this apple rots badly, and I have no 

 specimens left. 



Mr. Polk — They dropped this year. The apple is good, and the 

 tree is a good grower, and until this year, they have succeeded well 

 with me. 



Voice — They are better than Willow Twig. 



Mr. Polk — Yes, they are better than the Willow Twig, and I do 

 not know why they did not succeed better this year. 



Mr. Flagg — I want to have some expression in regard to an apple 

 that was named in honor of one of our members, called the Nelson. 

 It is a seedling of Tolman Sweet, and I would like to have Mr. Nelson 

 tell us more about it. 



Mr. Nelson — The apple did not originate with me. I came 

 across the apple, and presented it to the Horticultural Society at Cham- 

 paign. I think it is evidently a seedling of the Tolman Sweet — fully as 

 good as that variety, and its keeping qualities make it a very desirable 

 apple ; it has been kept till the fall of the succeeding year. About the 

 middle of May the apples begin to turn yellow, and some of them have 

 a little blush on one side ; they make excellent pies, and bake well. 

 The man who had the apple told me that he was in the habit, every 

 year, of putting them up and keeping them till June, and that he had 

 kept them in a sound condition till September of the next year. I saw 

 some of the apples that had been kept till this time, and could not tell 

 but they were sound enough to run another year. The tree is hardy ; is 

 inclined to form a high top, and when in bearing it weeps over like a 

 weeping willow ; it is an early bearer. The tree was brought from 

 Edgar County, and planted when four years old ; bore a crop the second 

 year after planting, and has borne every year since. 



I will send cions of this variety to any member who wishes to 

 progagate it. 



