452 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Mr. Burton: We are growing them that way in the Burton Fruit 

 Company's orchard. We are putting out an orchard on what was 

 formerly my own place. We have a thousand ti'ees of Grimes Golden, 

 all top worked on Northwestern Greenings. There are a number of 

 hardy stocks. We do not have very much trouble with the Grimes like 

 they do in the North. There may not be much benefit in the top worked 

 tree, but you possibly then escape the bark diseases. I think it is quite 

 well worth the trouble of taking the chance. 



Walter Smith: Is there any way of dealing with the disease? 



Mr. Burton: I never have heard of any. The' first thing you notice 

 is a deadening of the bark next the surface of the ground and before 

 you know it the tree is dead. I would like for these people to look over 

 their statements in regard to the variation of varieties: There are three 

 or four kinds of Ben Davis, according to them. I would like to hear 

 something from them here. Our experiments are not conclusive along 

 the line, but from them there seems to be no such thing as a variation of 

 varieties. We might say a gi-eat deal about it, but we will test it more. 



Walter Smith: What do you mean by the Black Ben Davis? 



Mr. Burton: It is a separate apple. 



Mr. Smith: Do you mean it is not a Ben Davis at all? 



Mr. Burton: Not one of the ordinary variety. 



Mr. Smith: What about the New York Pippin? 



Mr. Burton: That name is local and is due to environment, I think. 



Mr. Smith: Isn't it a Ben Davis? 



Mr. Burton: Yes, sir; but they will outsell the Ben Davis. 



Mr. Smith: Isn't it a larger apple than the Ben Davis? 



Mr. Burton: It is simply a Ben Davis, but for those who will not 

 buy a Ben Davis it is a New York Pippin. 



President Stevens: Did I understand you to mean that there is no 

 difference in the texture of the apple, or the quality^ of any variety grown 

 on different soils under different conditions? 



Mr. Burton: No, sir; I will say that there is not a particle of differ- 

 ence. Ben Davis grown on one soil might seem to be a different apple 

 from Ben Davis grown on a different soil. That is all. 



