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is the Twenty-ounce Pippin. There are many of these in New York. 

 They always sell well and are a wonderful apple to bake and cook. 

 They sell from the time they are harvested until the first of the year. 

 After that time they seem to lose out in flavor. 



A Member — They are subject to the blight, are they not? 



Mr. Smith — I do not think they are so much so as the Alexandria. 

 I have an orchard in New York where we grow Twenty-ounce Pippins. 

 We had two thousand barrels on it last year. There are seasons when 

 the blight works on them more than at other times but Ave do not 

 think they are especially subject to it. You know we didn't use to 

 think that the Northern Spy would blight, but we have changed our 

 minds on that point. I think the larger you can raise a good apple 

 the better it is. 



A Member — What about the Hyslop? 



Mr. Smith — They have sold well for several years and they would 

 apply to the Hyslop Crab. People went out of the growing, a few 

 years ago for they sold as low as one dollar a barrel in Chicago. I 

 would not favor the growing of these — I would rather grow something 

 that would be good from the harvest to the end of the growing season. 

 The Kink is a wonderful apple. We have here in this an apple with 

 good size and flavor. 



A member— It keeps well but for some reason or other it has never 

 been popular. 



A Member — Would you plant them? 



Answer — No I wouldn't. The trees do not bear extra heavy and I 

 do not think they have the quality that they should have. 



A Member — Where did you class the Spitzenberg? 



Answ r er — This is one of the highest flavored apples there is, but it 

 has long been on the market but it is not considered a good flavor. 

 They can raise them in some parts all right especially in the West. 



A Member — Do you sell your apples in barrels or boxes? 



Mr. Smith — We sell barrel apples. I enthuse over the flavor of apples 

 that are packed in barrels. I think we can get a flavor in barrel ap- 

 ples that we do not get in boxes. I know a man who deals in apples 

 and he buys his Northern Spies in boxes, but he repacks them in bar- 

 rels ; for the people seem to like them better that way than in boxes. 



A member — Tell us a little more about the Western Spitzenberg. 



Mr. Smith — The Western Spitzenberg has the appearance and has 

 a very distinct flavor, but our Spitzenbergs do not get the size of the 

 King and Northern Spy and I would rather grow Jonathans. 



A Member — What about the Duchess Do you think it advisable to 

 continue setting Duchess — is there not a danger of over-production? 



Mr. Smith — I have my own opinion upon that and yon may take it 

 for what it is worth. I would not go too far north with the Duchess. 

 You get better results in the middle part of the state. There are, how- 

 ever, other apples like the Wealthy that fill in all right from the north- 

 ern parts. 



A member — How t long can you keep apples in cold storage? 



Mr. Smith — Until Julv or August. 



A member — In setting out an orchard what proportion would you 

 set to Baldwins for Michigan? 



Mr. Smith — Baldwins sell well, but for my own part I would rather 



