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 upon old stock. He had concluded that the Baldwin was not 



a hardy tree in all parts of Michigan. The Baldwin grafted 



on mature stocks will be the hardiest. 



Mr. Cougdon of Lowell asked wherein the superiority of the 



Baldwin was so apparent ? A member suggested that it was 



in its size, color, good keeping and cooking qualities ; it would 



always sell. 



THE SWAAE. 



Mr. Holt said the Swaar was a good keeper and good pro- 

 ducer. He had always cultivated his orchard, and raised crops 

 therefrom. He thought the Swaar did well on a gravelly soil. 



Mr. Husted said his experience was that the Swaar was well 

 adapted to gravelly and sandy soil; but on a clay soil he would 

 discard it. On dry, light soil the Swaar will rival the Baldwin 

 in beauty. The variation in soil produces a corresponding 

 variation in flavor and keeping qualities of apples. 



THE WAGENER. 



Mr. Holt had the Wagener in his orchard, and was in favor 

 of that apple. They bore at an early age, and he considered 

 them one of the best of apples. 



Mr. Husted confessed that he was enthusiastic on the subject 

 of the Wagener. It had been suggested that it lacked con- 

 stitution, — that it was an ovcrbearcr, and would soon wear 

 out or use itself up. On the contrary, he knew of trees twelve 

 or fourteen years old, and they bear annually, and good crops; 

 there were no signs of decay; considered them a marvel of 

 hardihood. He considered its cooking qualities as good as 

 those of the Khode Island Greening, and in this part of Mich- 

 igan it is a hardier tree than the Baldwin or Greening. 



THE SPITZENBURG AND EUSSET. 



President Saunders said he had Spitzenburg trees, and they 

 had prospered, and he considered it a very fine fruit, — not 

 often excelled. His soil was a clay-loam. The specimens of 

 Russet which he exhibited, and which were so generally 



