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the healthiest branch upon the tree. I am considered some- 

 thing of a crank on this subject of Russian apples, but I 

 have been at work at them for years considering the keep- 

 ing quality of the fruit. If we are ever to have orchards in 

 Wisconsin, in my opinion, it is best to take up these Rus- 

 sian fruits. Go up into St. Croix county and you do not find 

 even a crab apple tree. While attending the farmers' con- 

 vention up there this fall I did not see a single fruit tree 

 until I got to Neillsville. I consider that part of the state as 

 bad as the worst parts of Minnesota. But I do not wish to 

 take up the time any further. 



President Smith — If any of you have questions to ask 

 Mr. Tuttle, please ask them promptly. 



H. C. Adams — I think you are putting it pretty strong, 

 simply judging from your own experiment. An experiment 

 at one point is not conclusive. 



Mr. Tuttle — No, I do not consider it a thorough test; but 

 I have lots of Russian apples that I feel perfectly secure in. 



H. C Adams — You are basing your faith on the Rus- 

 sian apples largely by your experiment. You would hardly 

 want to sell trees that you had not tested in different locali- 

 ties. 



Mr. Tuttle — I would so far as hardiness is concerned, be- 

 cause I have satisfied myself that from the region in which 

 they grow in Russia, they would grow here. You may 

 grow apples on one kind of soil, and under certain con- 

 ditions they will do well, while in other portions of the state 

 they will prove an utter failure. Now what I would like to 

 see and I do not think it ought to cost to amount to any- 

 thing — I would like to see experimental stations all over 

 the state. We could select men in different parts of the 

 state who would take good care of them, and we could have 

 reports from different portions of the state. 



A. L. Hatch — There seems to be some difference of opin- 

 ion as to what we mean by experimental stations. Now 

 what Mr. Tuttle wants, if we understand each other, is trial 

 stations. We mean something entirely different from ex- 

 perimental stations when we say trial stations. A trial sta- 

 tion would be a place where the fruit could be sent to be tried. 



