SiS MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIET\. 



" Henwood," large, yellow, resembling " Yellow Jielle " family ; good 

 in quality. 



■' Huntsman " are worthy of special mention ; very fine. 

 '• Red Janett," large, red, but of poor quality. 

 "Willow Twig" and " Wincsap" deserve favorable mention. 

 The Agricultural College deserves great credit for thus fostering and 

 experimenting with new sorts, and we trust they may be supported in 

 their efforts to disseminate well tested varieties to each section of the 

 state. Possibly such varieties as the Lawver and McAfee may yet find a 

 home where they may become valuable. 



FRANK HOLSINGER, 

 HENRY SPEKR, 

 D. S. HOEMAN, 

 W. G. GANO. 



THE MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE COLLECTION OF 



APPLES. 



In the R7iral World, of January 17th, there is the report of the 

 committee who examined the collection of apples exhibited by the Mis- 

 souri Agricultural College, at the annual meeting of the Missouri State 

 Horticultural Society, at Nevada, Mo. It is of special interest in this 

 section, from the fact that several of the varieties mentioned were ob- 

 tained here, along with forty or fifty other rare and choice kinds in the 

 spring of 1882. 



" Kennard's device" is evidently Kinnard's Choice, a valuable Ten- 

 nessee apple. 



Pyle's Red Winter is from Pennsylvania, and worthy of all that has 

 been said in its favor, and more. 



Saylor has probably got mixed with some others in the planting or 

 registering, as the description given by the committee suits Kentucky 

 Sweet. The former is a very good, sub-acid, Pennsylvania apple, rather 

 above medium in size. The original tree seems to have been growing in 

 the orchard of Edward Saylor and Mr. Downing ("Selected Fruits " p. 

 195) calls it Ned, which is less euphonious. 



