366 MISSOURI STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WHAT YxVEIETlES OF APPLES SHALL WE PLANT FOR 



PROFIT ! 



BY Gr. W. JOHNSON. 



Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: At our last meeting 

 our worthy chairman assigned to me the duty of reading an essay be- 

 fore this society at this meeting to-day, and gave me for a text, "What 

 varieties of apples shall we plant for profit," thinking, no doubt, that I 

 could so far overcome my innate bashfulness as to get up and say 

 "Why, Ben Davis, of course." 



Well, I thought so, too, but when I got home and wrote it down it 

 looked as though my essay would be rather short; so, without consult- 

 ing the society I took the privilege to change the heading, hoping by 

 this means to be able to spread it out over more paper, whether to 

 your edification or not, I leave the society to judge. 



Fourteen years experience in growing apples for profit in Bates 

 county, Missouri. 



In November, 1871, I landed in Bates county with a view to mak- 

 ing it my future home, and the next spring I planted out the following 

 varieties of apples — for profit, of course : For summer — Early Har- 

 vest, Red June, Kirkbridge, Red Astrican, Early Strawberry, Benoni, 

 Sweet Bough and Cooper's Early White. Fall — Maiden's Blush, Por- 

 ter, Baile;y's Sweet, Pennsylvania Red Streak and Fulton. Winter- 

 Ben Davis, Wine Sap, White Winter, Pearmain, Rawles Janet, Hunts- 

 man, Missouri Pippin, Roman Stem, Nonesuch, Fallawater, Pryor's 

 Rod, Baldwin, King of Tompkins County, Spitzenburg, Willow Twig, 

 Milam, Yellow Belltlower and Lady's Sweeting. Two years later I 

 planted Sweet June, Emma's Favorite, Henning's Striped Sweet and 

 Red Sweet, Fameuse, Fall Pippin, Whittaker, Lawver, Gen. Lyons, 

 Lansingburg Pippin, Northern Spj-, Winter Sweet, Paradise and Gil- 

 pin. Two years later, or ten years ago, I added Grimes' Golden, Nick- 

 ajack, Rome Beauty, Smith's Cider, Stark, White Winter Pippin, Lady 

 Finger and Chronicle. 



My soil is light and sandy and generally considered good for fruit. 



For several years after planting I cultivated in corn and potatoes, 

 then seeded down in clover. 



Now for results: Early Har.vest — Good tree, early and prolific 



