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est report I have is 1868. Raul's Janet then headed the list for profit, 

 and Ben Davis was at the other end of the list. There is but one apple 

 that has stuck to all the lists found scattered through these reports 

 and recommended by the society and by individuals as an apple for 

 profit to plant, and that is the Ben Davis. It has, I think, very justly 

 won its way to the head of the list, while Raul's Janet has drifted 

 from the head out of the chosen lew altogether. 



Without hesitation, then, I will say that my first choice of an apple 

 for profit is Ben Davis; second, Willow Twig; third, Jonathan ; fourth, 

 Grimes' Golden; fitth, Minkler, and sixth, Huntsman; and I make 

 this acknowledgment that I never before left the Wine Sap out, even 

 of the four best, 



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For the family varieties, would name Early Harvest, Sweet June, 

 Sops of Wine, Lowell, Maiden Blush, Red Streak, Famuse, Grimes' 

 Golden, Minkler, Jonathan, Huntsman and Lady Sweet. 



This leaves out a number of very valuable apples for the home or- 

 chard, and I will close by saying that this is only suggestive and that 

 you can add to it or take from it to suit your individual tastes. 



DISCUSSION. 



N. F. Murray thinks we should not leave out early apples. Ob- 

 tained as good prices for them as any others. Gives as his list of si.c, 

 Ben Davis, Winesap, Grimes Golden, Jonathan, E. Harvest, Summer 

 Pennock. 



W. G. Gano would like to know if any one would plant a list of 

 six varieties for profit alone. 



C. TF. Murtfeldt: If you flood the market with Ben Davis, you 

 will find the time come when you cannot sell them. 



E. Liston thinks the time is coming when we cannot sell them as 

 well as other varieties. The Ben Davis will not hold in Southwest 

 Missouri, and thinks a great loss comes by rotting; and we must be 

 careful not to plant too many Ben Davis. 



C. W. Murtfeldt thinks if we plant forty to eighty acres of Ben 

 Davis, we will rue the day. Great care should be exercised in plant- 

 ing. 



N. F. Murray : We grow fruit for a different market than do 

 those of Eastern Missouri, and the Ben Davis are good for the North- 

 west and the mines, Colorado, Montana, etc. Thinks it is one of the 

 best keepers there are in the. country. If Ben Davis rots, it turns 

 black, and does not rot others. Is one of the best to evaporate. It is 



