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this tree made a sensation at the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. 

 The Black Kepubllcan cherry proved- to be the best shipping cherry grown on the 

 Pacific Toast, and has been of immense value commercially. The Bing was not 

 introduced systematically, and it has taken a long time for its merits to become 

 known. It is now fast supplanting its parent, the Black Republican, being supe- 

 rior to it in both size and quality. It is without a question one of the largest 

 and best cherries grown, and the commercial fruit-growers of the Pacific North- 

 west owe a large debt of gratitude to Seth Lewelling for originating this cherry. 

 The Golden prune, had it been well advertised, would have attracted great at- 

 tention. The fruit, whether considered as a prune for drying or as a plum for 

 canning, or eating out of hand, is, in my opinion, superior to any one of the re- 

 markable prunes originated by the great California wizard of horticulture, Burbank. 

 The fruit is large, and the variety has never received the attention and thorough 

 testing which the intrinsic merit of the fruit justifies. 



In addition to the varieties mentioned. Mr. Lewelling found among his seed- 

 lings a numljer of other cherries which he deemed of greater value than most of 

 the standard varieties known. A gooseberry and a variety of pieplant originate<l 

 by him are of more than ordinary merit. 



Seth Lewelling was the pioneer in Oregon in the work of endeavoring through 

 the raising of seedlings to obtain new varieties of fruit of superior merit, and 

 although he carried on this work as a side issue to his regular business, he was 

 remark.-ibly successful. Ilis work was of great value, not onlj- in the worth of the 

 new varieties originated by him, l)ut also in showing others that there is in 

 Oregon ;i promising field for tlif man who will systematically originate new va- 

 rieties of fruits. 



Beth Henderson Luelling and Seth Lewelling have done work for the fruit- 

 growing industry whicli entitles them to be held in honor among the foremost of 

 those who laid the foundations of Oregon's industries. 



An explanation of the two spellings of the names — Luelling-Lewelling — used 

 in this article may not be amiss. The original name in Wales is Llewellyn. After 

 coming to America some ancestor of Henderson and Seth changed the spelling 

 of the name to Lewelling. When Henderson moved to Oregon he adopted the 

 spelling used in this article when his name is mentioned, and always thereafter 

 spelled the name Luelling. When Seth came to Oregon he for a time adopted Hen- 

 derson's spelling, l)ut for many years prior to his death always wrote the name 

 Lewelling. Every man has the right to spell his own name as he chooses, and 

 for this reason the names in this article are -spelled as each of the brothers pre- 

 ferred in his own case. 



Special acknowledgment is due to Miss .Tanie H. Luelling, daughter of the 

 late Alfred lAielling, of Oregon City, and grand-daughter of Henderson Luelling : 

 to Dr, .1. K. Cardwell, and to Mr. Geo. H. Ilimes for their kind assistance in 

 supplying data for the preparation of this article. 



H. M. WILLIAMSON. 



