24 SPATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Dr. Green, Livinogton county — Jonathan has not paid on our lands, 

 and would not plant it. 



Mr. Smith, Linn county — Ben Davis will pay better at $1 per bar- 

 rel than Jonathan at $1.50. He finds that woodland soil soon wears 

 out. Willow Twig pays him well. Ben Davis is growing in popularity, 

 and is not likely to be superseded. Stark is good if it did not drop so 

 badly. 



Mr. Lowe, Livingston county, names Eed Margaret for early, Penn. 

 Eed-streak, Maiden's Blush, Ben Davis, Willow Twig, Jonathan, Wine- 

 sap. Winesap must be grown on rich, heavy soil, and then they are 

 fine enough for any one. 



Mr. Goodman^ — ^Where Jonathan succeeds so well, would not plant 

 Ben Davis at all. It is of the Spitzenberg family, and one of the very 

 best apples in the whole list, and there is no use of anything else'^for 

 money where it does so well and keeps so well as in jS^orthwest Mis- 

 souri. Where they will not keep, we now have buyers who will take 

 them to cold storage and hold them until the holidays, when they bring 

 good prices. 



Question — Is there more than one variety of Janet ? 



Answer — Yes, two; the Rawles Janet is the one which should be 

 planted always. 



A. Nelson, Laclede county, saw a man who had an apple called 

 King William, and he found it to be Minkler; speaks well of Minkler; 

 says it is better than Ben Davis, good as Jonathan, and is planting it 

 largely. York Imperial is very fine also; large and handsome; thinks 

 it profitable, and is planting it largely. Clayton also is a handsome 

 apple, of good quality, and thinks will prove profitable. Babbitt has 

 not fruited yet, but is planting it. 



Question — Is York uniform enough for commercial purposes'? 



Answer — It is rather rough and irregular. 



Finds the Minkler bears as much as the Ben Davis, and is a good 

 keeper also. 



Evans says it does well in South Missouri, but the Y'ork is too 

 uneven in size. 



Mr. Murray says Babbitt is a seedling of Baldwin, bat is larger 

 and brighter color. Does well in Holt county yellow soil. In Iowa, 

 in an orchard of a number of varieties the Babbitt pays more than any 

 other variety. It is of uniform size; tree open head, strong, erect 

 grower, extra good tree ; good keeper. 



