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Mr. Haseltine — The best plan is to have your cellar with a kind of 

 ante-room where the apples can set and cool off before being put into 

 the cellar, and that also keeps the air from the outside from rushing 

 right into the cellar, and you are able to keep the cellar at a more even 

 temperature. 



Q. What are the three best varieties of commercial apples ? 



A. Mr. Haseltine — There are two that everybody knows and they 

 are the Ben Davis and the Ingram ; I wouldn't attempt to name the 

 third one, there are so many different opinions. 



Mr. Haseltine — I would say the Ben Davis, New York Pippin -and 

 Kentucky Red. 



Mr. Barnes — I would say that at the annual meeting of the State 

 Horticultural Society of Kansas last December that that question was 

 decided by ballot, and the Ben Davis got the most ballots, and I can- 

 not remember exactly how they run after that, but it was Ben Davis, 

 Winesap, Missouri Pippin, Jonathan, Ralls Geniting, York, Imperial. 



Mr. Wild — For the best three commercial apples I should say Ben 

 Davis, Huntsman and Ingram. 



Mr. Moseley — Ben Davis, York Imperial and Jonathan. 



Mr. Bell — Ben Davis, Jonathan and a little more Ben Davis. 



Mr. Hensley — It would be well for these gentlemen to state what 

 part of the State they are from ; I do not think the Joiiathan apple 

 would do very well in this part of the State. 



Mr. Barnes — I would suggest the following proportion as being a 

 good one for an orchard: 260 Ben Davis, 160 acres of Geniting, 40 

 acres of Mammoth Black Twig and 40 acres of miscellaneous. 



Mr. Hensley — I had a letter the other day asking me how the In- 

 gram was liked in this State, and I said that it was the best apple we 

 had for commercial purposes at present; the Ingram is selling for 

 more money today than any other apple ; it is good and firm and bears 

 early and bears abundantly. 



Mr. Gilbert — I believe the Ben Davis, Ingram and York Imperial 

 are the best for Southern Missouri. 



1 would suggest one other; they have left out one of the 



best apples we have; that is the Grimes Golden; I should say the 

 Grimes Golden, Ben Davis and Ingram. 



Q. Do you think it would pay to rent 30 or 40 colonies of bees 

 to use to fertilize the apple bloom in an orchard of 80 acres at one 

 dollar per hive ? 



A. Mr. Secretary — I think that would depend upon whether 

 there were different varieties of apples. If a man had a large block 



