EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 



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APPLES {Pyrus matws.)— CoNOliUDKD. 



NOTES ON VARIETIES. 



August, Excelsior, Gideon Sweet, Jelly, Lou, Martha, No. 2 New, October, 

 Poter and Wealthy are seedlings originated by Peter M. Gideon, of Min- 

 nesota. All are alleged to have sprung, either directly or indirectly, from 

 the crab (Pyrus baccata), and afiford, in tree or fruit (one or both), more or 

 lees indication of such parentage, excepting only the Wealthy, which 

 affords no evidence of crab parentage, beyond the fact that it appears to 

 be fairly hardy, in many portions of the Northwest. It is a fairly good 

 dessert fruit, while the others are mainly culinary varieties. 



Borovinka is very much like Oldenburg, and, for all practical purposes, 

 may be considered identical with it. This, with Golden Eeinette, Long- 

 field. Red Aport (much like Alexander), Red Dettmer, Eosenhager, Thaler 

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