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valuable for drying. "Will keep until the latter part of winter, and until 

 spring probal)ly in this climate. It is different from the Vandevere Apple. 



Mr. Curtis — How long will the R. I. Greening keep in prime order for the 

 market raised here, handled with great care and in a good cellar? 



Mr. Parmelee — The K. I. Greening is considered a good keeper. A year 

 ago we had two barrels and they were not fit to eat until April, and kept until 

 August. 



Mr. Porter — I have raised Greenings for the last five years and cannot get 

 them to keep in good order for market longer than April. 



Mr. Parmelee — The Greening has peculiarities like the Northern Spy. 

 They ripen unevenly. Some are fully ripe at the time of picking; but a man 

 that has had any experience can tell them at a glance, and they should be 

 picked out. Grown on young trees they will not keep well, but when the 

 trees are large they will keep as well as the Baldwin. Last year the apples 

 were more matured in Berrien County the first of Sept. than they were here 

 the first of Oct. 



Mr. Avery — I think that the Greening, Baldwin, and Spitzenberg are the 

 best for market. 



Mr. Curtis — I want to set an orchard in the spring. I have varieties 

 enough now, and do not wish to set more than one variety and I want to have 

 that the best, if I can ascertain what that is. 



Mr. Avery — How would it do to set one half of the piece to the Lady apple, 

 and the other half to the Wagener, say (58 trees to an acre, which will be 20 

 feet apart each way ? These varieties will do well to set that close together. 



Mr. Curtis — The objection I have to that is that if the Lady is the best, I 

 want to have them all Lady, but if the Wagener is the best, I want to have 

 them all Wagener. 



Mr. Gray enquired about the Belmont. He never saw a person but would 

 choose an apple of that variety for eating. They were an early winter variety 

 in southern Ohio. 



Mr. Curtis — I saw some at the fair last fall and they were very beautiful. 

 They were Irom Ricl Johnson's orchard. 



Mr. Parmelee — Apples should be kept in tight barrels, the tighter the 

 better, so that the air will not change, and at a low temperature. There 

 should be a thermometer kept in the cellar, and windows for ventilation. 

 30° to 32*^ is warm enough and I should not be afraid if it should sink to 28^. 

 The apples in the barrels would not freeze. Atmospheric changes have a great 

 effect in the ripening of fruit. The more uniform you can keep apples the 

 better. Though the temperature of the cellar may change 5^ or even lO'' the 

 air in the barrels might not change a degree. 



Mr. Avery exhibited some large beets of two kinds which he said were 

 tender, crisp, and nice for eating, which he distributed to members for seed.. 

 The club then adjourned until next Thursday. 



J. E. SAVAGE, Secretary pro tern. 



