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Is the Shannon Pippin of any value ? 



Mr. Kirehgraber — I think the Shannon is only a synonym of some 

 Mnd grown in Ohio. 



Mr. Murray — It is of no value with us. We don't consider it worth 

 planting. 



C. C. Bell— I have just received a letter from Texas saying that the 

 -Claytons sent there were very fine. 



THE SHACKLEFORD. 



Mr. Patterson — It was recommended to me as better than the Ben 

 Davis, but lately that has been contradicted. It is perhaps a seedling 

 of the Ben Davis. I have no extravagant expectations of it. It is a 

 very straggling grower, like the Little Bomanite. I have seen the fruit. 

 It is a little hard to tell it from the Ben Davis. 



L. A. Goodman — The tree is more like the Willow Twig, but the 

 fruit is so much like the Ben Davis that it would be hard to separate 

 them if mixed ; it is fully as large or a little larger than the Ben Davis. 



THE MAMMOTH BLA.CK TWIG. 



C. C. Bell — I don't think many members of the Missouri Horticul- 

 tural society are acquainted with the Mammoth Black Twig. It grows 

 in north Arkansas. I like the fruit, but I would rather have the Clay- 

 ton. I don't consider it a very long keeper. 



President Evans — I have kept some of them till spring without 

 any loss. 



THE ARKANSAS BLACK. 



Mr. Gilbert — I have read that it keeps better than the Ben Davis. 

 It has been kept with ordinary care until May. 



President Evans — A gentleman from Arkansas told me it was one 

 of the best they are growing. He is a buyer and shipper. 



Secretary Goodman — Mr. Plumb, of Wisconsin, asks what apple 

 will supersede the Ben Davis, if we have found such a one. 



Mr. Thompson — It was thought for a while that the Gano would 

 fill the bill. 



President Evans — How much better is the Gano than the Ben 

 Davis ? 



W. G. Gano — The difference between the two apples in quality is 

 very little ; the most difference is in color. 



ST. F. Murray — I once thought I could tell the difference by taste, 

 but in trying I got them mixed. I now claim that you cannot tell the 

 difference unless you see them. 



