MICHIGAN STATE POMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 23 



WliJTER APPLES. 



Mr. Holt said that Peck's Pleasant, in liis experience, was 

 not a long keeper. Mr. Liuderman said it was his favorite. 



Mr. Hamilton said he had the Northern Spy in all its 

 perfection. 



Major Light said the Tompkins County King does not suc- 

 ceed in a sandy-loam soil ; on a clay loam it was a success and 

 a splendid apple. ^ 



Mr. Carrier said his Baldwins had not ripened the last 

 season. 



Mr. Hamilton — To throw out the Baldwin would put the 

 State in an uproar. 



Mr. Husted — The Baldwin and Greening cannot be dropped. 



Mr. Hamilton — As this was a list for general cultivation as 

 well as for the market, they had better enlarge it. He sug- 

 gested the Golden Kusset, the Baldwin, Greening, Wagener, 

 Hubbardston Nonsuch, Northern Spy, and Tompkins County 

 King. 



Mr. Light — I have a list of seven apples. The Baldwin can- 

 not be stricken out ; the Wagener is a coming apple, — uniform 

 good bearer and a valuable variety. The Greening was one of 

 the best cooking apples. The Northern Spy does not mature 

 early, but when it comes it sells, and is a great bearer. The 

 Hubbardston Nonsuch was a great favorite. We have a great 

 yariety of soil in Michigan. He recognized Steele's Eed as 

 valuable in certain localities; nothing could be said against 

 the fruit, but the tree was hard to start. We can substitute 

 the Wagener in its place and get a better apple. Some very 

 fine things could be said in favor of the Swaar, but it is not a 

 constimt bearer. The Spitzenburg of fine flavor was liable to 

 fail ; Peck's Pleasant, so fine, was too large, but a good grower ; 

 the Jonathan was too small. On his motion, this list was 

 adopted for winter varieties : Baldwin, Wagener, Rhode Island 

 Greening, Golden Russet, Tallman Sweeting, Northern Spy, 

 and Hubbardston Nonsuch. 



The report of the committee, as amended, was then adopted. 



