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During these two seasons 148 crosses were 

 Varieties crossed made from which the following seedlings have 



and seedlings fruited, first from grafted wood and later 

 produced. from the seedling trees: From Ben Davis 



X Esopus 4; from Ben Davis x Green New- 

 town 13, from Ben Davis x Jonathan 11, from Ben Davis x Mc- 

 intosh 11, Ben Davis x Mother 20, from Esopus x Ben Davis 29, 

 Esopus X Jonathan 2, Mcintosh x Lawver 1, Ralls x Northern 

 Spy 9, Rome x Northern Spy 1, and Sutton x Northern Spy 5. 

 These seedlings show marked vigor and are noticeably healthier 

 and more productive than others from self-pollinated seeds, either 

 of Hubbardston or Baldwin, of which considerable numbers are 

 growing at the Station, comparable in age to the crossed seedlings. 



Contrary to the usual belief, these seedlings have not " reverted 

 to the wild ; " but show to a marked degree the characteristics of 

 the parents. So evident is the inheritance of parental characters 

 that one familiar with the varieties crossed could in most cases 

 select the parents for individual seedlings. Indeed, so surpris- 

 ingly uniform has been the transmission of the good qualities of 

 the selected varieties that the fruit of 14 of the 106 fruiting seed- 

 lings is considered as good or better than either of the parents, and 

 the trees are satisfactorily productive. These seedlings have been 

 named, from counties in New York State, and are already dis- 

 tributed to some extent among apple growers. 



These varieties are, with the briefest possible description of 

 each, the following: 



Clinton. (Ben Davis x Green Newtown). — An attractive 

 midwinter apple of medium size, resembling Green Newtown in 

 shape and quality, but of a handsome red color. 



Cortland. (Ben Davis x Mcintosh). — A large apple of the 

 Mcintosh type, in season from November to February, and prom- 

 ising commercially. 



Herkimer. (Ben Davis x Green Newtown). — A fruit for late 



