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Mr. Fuller — I have lived within a few miles of the original 

 tree, and I know of no apple I like better. 



Mr. Wilde — Mr. President, if this discussion is to recom- 

 mend a list of varieties to plant, I, for one, object to the 

 Wagener apple heading the list. I have had ten years' experi- 

 ence with the Wagener ; it bore well for the first six years, and 

 then it was knotty, scabby, and diseased, and the limbs 

 blighted. I would recommend it only as a dwarf; not for a 

 place in the bearing orchard. 



On motion, the report of the committee was accepted, and 

 the committee discharged. 



Mr. Chas. Soule — Mr. President, I have a statement pre- 

 pared, partly from estirr.ates and what I have seen, but largely 

 from my own experience, showing the relative profit of plant- 

 ing an orchard to peaches or apples. This statement com- 

 prises a term of 20 years from time of planting, and I think 

 clearly shows that we cannot afibrd to grow apples in the 

 Peach Belt. 



The following is the statement : 



PEACHES AND APPLES COMPARED. 



FIKST TEN YEARS. 



