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reliable, the most likely to be successful, and he would recommend 

 that it head the list ; carried. 



In response to an inquiry as to whether the Wealthy was 

 adapted to sandy soils, Mr. Harris said that there were a few trees 

 of the Wealthy at La Crosse, and they appeared to be doing well, 

 but he did not know that they would continue to do so. On his 

 own place he had noticed that those trees near the sandy soil, and 

 where there was considerable sand in the soil, had the most perfect 

 fruit. 



Mr. Herschinger proposed to add the Moscow to this list. 

 Mr. Tuttle said he would not recommend doing so, on account of 

 its being subject to blight. At first it was apparently free from 

 it, but lately had blighted badly. Some of the Russians were 

 free from blight, others were seriously affected with it. He would 

 not recommend any variety that was subject to blight. 



Information in regard to Mcintosh's Red was called for, to 

 which Mr. Harris replied that he had a number of trees of this 

 kind and they promised well. 



Mr. Plumb said the Siberian family were especially adapted to 

 sandy soils. Some of the largest and most vigorous trees of this 

 class are to be found in the sandy soils north of the center of the 

 state. The largest and the oldest Transcendent in the state 

 stands in Waupaca county, and he thought this class should be 

 represented in the list. 



Mr. Gibbs remarked that there was a great similarity in soil, 

 climate, and other conditions between Minnesota and Wisconsin. 

 In Minnesota they had cultivated the Siberian largely, and found 

 that while some of the class were comparatively free from blight, 

 that many were so subject to it as to be worthless, and they had 

 been compelled to cut down their list. The Duchess was the 

 least affected by it, but some did not class this variety with 

 the Siberians. He did not know where the line between the 

 classes should be drawn. 



Mr. PJumb thought Prof. Budd was a little mixed in his 

 classification of the Siberian and Astrachan families. He would 

 place the Duchess among the last rather than the first. He 

 moved that the Siberian family be added to the list for sandy 

 soils. 



