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Tompkins County King, Red Canada and Steel's Red. 



ED. Western Horticulturist : — I find there is much confusion among peo- 

 ple of this part of Michigan, relative to the identity of the Red Canada and 

 Steel's Red Winter. Our best posted fruit growers contend that they are the 

 same, while in some localities the farmers believe the two entirely different, and 

 the same opinion has been endorsed by at least one extensive nurseryman selling 

 trees under both names, whether really distinct or not, and also by fruit dealers who 

 generally regard them as distinct. 



I wrote to a nurseryman in Indiana some time since, and inquired if he grew the 

 Red Canada, or Steel's Red Winter. He replied that Steel's Red Winter was the 

 Baldivin, and that he did not grow the Red Canada unless it was the Hoops, or 

 Indiana Favorite. I also see by the Agricultural Report for 1862, that the Bald- 

 win and Steel's Red Winter are called one and the same. ( I do not know who is 

 the author of this article. In the later report, F. R. Elliott calls the Red Canada 

 and Steel's Red the same). 



The King of Tompkins is not a popular apple in this part of the State. The tree 

 is regarded by many as not a very good bearer, nor does the fruit keep well. 

 Judging by the call for trees under one name or the other, I should say the Red 

 Canada was one of our most popular apples, and certainly deservedly so. The tree 

 is hardy and productive, and the fruit is of good quality, fine appearance, and keeps 

 well. 



Adrian, Mick. J), Gr. Edminston. 



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More New Apples. 



WALTON, nurseryman, Malvern Station, Iowa, writes March 17: "I send 

 you an apple for a name. A friend of mine has one tree of this sort. We 

 intended to have' sent you several specimens early in the winter by our senator, 

 when he went to Des Moines early in the winter, but failed to reach town before 

 he left. The tree is a good grower, but a stranger to me. There are a good 

 many apples in this country unnamed — some worthy of attention and some not. I 

 will endeavor to favor you with specimens next fall." 



Remarks : — The apple was received, but somehow or other mysteriously dis- 

 appeared before we had given it special attention. Hope for more specimens next 

 fall. 



Silas Gr. Goss, Border Plains, Iowa, writes of a new seedling: "I send you a 

 few cions from the best seedling tree, all things considered — out of 175 sorts of 

 seedlings and 17 sorts of grafted apples, all in bearing from my orchard. Tree 

 tiardy, upright grower, dwarfish, sheds its leaves early, young twigs and terminal 

 buds downy. Tree came into bearing early and an annual bearer, stands where 

 the seed was planted, which was brought from Portage county, Ohio, 17 years ago. 

 Fruit medium to large, streaked with dark red, sub-acid ; quality good to best • 

 season late fall to early winter. Will send specimens of fruit next fall." 



