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Fameuse Seedlings. — It is generally supposed that seedlings of Fameuse resemble 

 the female parent in a marked degree. In this case the number of good Fameuse seed- 

 lings has been small, while a large proportion of the seedlings of Mcintosh, which is 

 a seedling of Fameuse, have been good. 



Gano Seedlings. — A large proportion of the seedlings resemble the female parent 

 in regularity of form, in colour, in absence of flavour, and in having large seeds. A 

 large proportion of the seedlings are winter apples like female parent. 



American Golden Russet Seedlings. — It is interesting to note that of 19 seedlings 

 which have fruited none have russet skins. Nearly ninety-five per cent are green or 

 yellow apples. A comparatively small proportion has been propagated and none has 

 been thought good enough to name. 



Langford Beauty Seedlings. — A large proportion are handsome, fine-grained apples 

 of the Fameuse type with a marked resemblance to the female parent or to Louise, a 

 seedling of Fameuse. 



Lawver Seedlings. — While twenty-five per cent of the seedlings are late-keeping 

 apples like the female parent, it is interesting to note that a large proportion have a 

 season before December. Some of the Lawver seedlings show marked signs of North- 

 ern Spy blood, particularly in character of flesh and flavour. Both Lawver and 

 Northern Spy are late-blooming sorts and were not very far apart in the orchard in 

 1898. 



Mcintosh Seedlings. — The Mcintosh is supposed to be a seedling of Fameuse 

 and has many Fameuse characteristics. Its seedlings have been much better than 

 the Fameuse seedlings, over one-half the Mcintosh seedlings being thought worthy of 

 propagation, while less than a fourth of the Fameuse seedlings were propagated. 



Northern Spy Seedlings. — Though self -sterile, and thus doubtless pollenized by 

 some other variety or varieties, there has been a marked resemblance to the Northern 

 Spy in a large proportion of the seedlings in outward appearance, flesh, and flavour, 

 and in being late-keeping apples. 



Salome Seedlings. — The Salome has given some good seedlings, though the best 

 are not from this variety. A large proportion of the seedlings bore a marked res- 

 emblance to Salome in outward appearance, flesh and flavour. 



Shiawassee Seedlings. — The Shiawassee is a seedling of Fameuse. A large pro- 

 portion of its seedlings had fine grained, tender flesh and were above medium to good 

 in quality, but the percentage thought worth propagating was about the same as the 

 Fameuse seedlings, 



Swazie Seedlings. — Only a small proportion of the seedlings resemble the parent 

 in outward appearance, though a large percentage bear a marked resemblance to 

 Swazie in flavour. The Swazie is a small apple, but of the seedlings, over 78 per 

 cent were medium to large. 



Wealthy. — There is a general resemblance to Wealthy in a large proportion of the 

 seedlings, particularly in colour and the regular outline of the fruit and character of 

 flesh and flavour. 



In describing the apples of which the characteristics are given in the following 

 table, the standards adopted for size were as follows : — - 

 Small — 2£ inches in diameter, and below. 

 Below medium — 2} to 2£ inches in diameti r. 

 Medium — 2i to 2;} inches in diameter. 

 Above medium — 2f to 3 inches in diameter. 

 Large — 3 to 3£ inches in diameter. 

 Very large — Above 3£ inches in diameter. 

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