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cient value to name or test furtlier. The following are the 

 number: From the eleven Ben Davis X Jonathan crosses, one 

 is marked for propagation, four for further testing and six for 

 discarding. Ben Davis X Mother gave two seedlings worthy of 

 propagation and eighteen for discarding. Ben Davis X Esopus 

 produced four worthless seedlings but the reciprocal cross has 

 contributed two worthy of propagation, one for future testing, 

 twenty-six for discarding. Ben Davis X Mcintosh gave two 

 desirable varieties, three for further testing and six for discard- 

 ing. Ben Davis X Green Xewtown gave four desirable varie- 

 ties from thirteen seedlings. Esopus X Jonathan gave one for 

 further testing, one for discarding, and Mcintosh X Lawver has 

 produced one individual which is still retained for further test. 

 The Northern Spy crosses have done well, for Sutton X Northern 

 Spy gave two worthy of propagation, three worthy of further test- 

 ing and none for discarding. Ralls X Northern Spy produced 

 one desirable variety, one worthy of further consideration and 

 seven undesirables; and Rome X Northern Spy gave one of no 

 special merit. 



The data given, even though meager, seem to show that the 

 Ben Davis and the Esopus crosses are of little use in breeding 

 work, and that the Mcintosh, Northern Spy and Green Newtown 

 — all varieties of very high quality — might well be used exten- 

 sively in all work where the object is to obtain varieties of high 

 quality. Few, indeed, of these crosses fell below the average of 

 cultivated varieties in size of fruit, handsome appearance of the 

 apples and in tree characters that make a variety desirable. 

 Fourteen apples worthy of propagation out of 102 crosses so far 

 fruited, gives a most hopeful outlook to apple breeding. These 

 have been more or less distributed to the fruit growers of New 

 ■ York. The following are descriptions of the new varieties: 



Clinton. Ben Davis X Green Newtown. — Tree vigorous, up- 

 right-spreading, open-topped, productive ; branches stocky, ash- 

 gray; leaves medium in number, Sys inches long, I'^/s inches 

 wide, dark green, pubescent, with sharply serrate margins; 

 petiole 1% inches long. 



■Season, December to February; QVL iuches by 2 15-16 inches 

 in size, roundish to oblate-conic, often oblique, irregular; cavity 



