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STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 



THE TALMAX SWEET APPLE. 



If I could have but one variety of apple, I would say give me the Talmaii 

 Sweet. Tweuty years ago, I set out my first orchard containing eighty trees of 

 some half dozen different varieties. Tliere were Baldwins, Northern Spys, 

 Talnian Sweets, besides some otlier kinds which were not labeled. Of that 

 orchard I have now 13 trees left; they are all Talnian Sweets, and all bearing 

 fruit this year. Some of the others died before bearing fruit, others after 

 bearing a few years. The Talmans have borne nearly every year for more than 

 ten years. I think it was four years ago that I picked over eighty bushels of 

 fine fruit from the tliirteen trees in one season. So much for hardiness and 

 productiveness. For a market apple I know of none more salable, especially 

 where the people are educated up to using it. For home use I can think of 

 nothing more delicious than a dish of baked Talnian Sweets, and for eating in 

 their season, they will fill the bill every time. As for feeding to stock, we have 

 not come to that yet. — /. li., in Rural New Yorker. 



AX ORCHARD OF 1.000 TREES. 



The following question was sent me by Mr. Mitchell, of Jackson : 

 "What varieties shall I plant in an orchard of 1,000 trees for market p^^r- 

 poses? Location — rolling ground just outside of Jackson; soil — gravel loam ; 

 altitude — high; drainage — good; allowing sufficient number of trees in the 

 whole number for ordinary use in a family." 



The question was submitted to two men, who have had a considerable experi- 

 ence in fruit growing, and who have given especial attenion to the adaptation 

 of varieties for special localities and for special purposes ; the one a resident of 

 Grand Traverse county, the other of Kent county. The two lists were pre- 

 pared separately, and these are herewith given because of the remarkable simi- 

 larity. The names of the apples and the number of each sort to be used in a 

 plantation of 1,000 trees are given below, and as the parties giving the lists 

 wish their names withheld, we simply give the locality of each : 



C. W. G. 



