Mr, Exxtorr.—No doubt Ben Davis sells well, but I think a man who charges his. 
neighbor two dollars for a barrel of them robs him of $1.75. It isa good apple for hotel 
keepers ; a barrel of Ben Davis will last a first class hotel as a dessert apple about three 
months, whereas a really good variety would not last a week. If you send a boy into the 
cellar to get an apple to eat he never brings up a Ben Davis, and if your wife goes down 
for the purpose of putting you in agood humor by making an apple dumpling she does. 
not take Ben Davis. 
Mr. A. McD. Artan.—I quite agree with all that has been said. Although good . 
prices are now paid in England for Ben Davis, the consumers in England when 
better acquainted with it will not pay the prices that have been realised for it ; it is going 
to come down in value, and that, too, before very long. The fact of the matter is that 
they are seeing into the qualities of apples quicker in that market than are the consumers. — 
in our own markets. The Baldwin, for instance, is coming down, and at the same time 
the Rhode Island Greening is coming up to its proper place. Ben Davis is bound to 
go down. 
A Memper.—I think it should be lowered for the home market. We cast a 
reflection upon the judgment of the consumers when we say this apple is worth only 1 for 
dessert, 1 for cooking, and yet that it is worth 8 for the home market, the consumers of 
this country. I think you must Jower it for the home market. 
Mr. Attan.—Why should we, as long as the consumers are willing to pay the price ? 
Mr. Casron (Craighurst).—-I think it ought to go up a point for cooking; in our 
section it is not as bad as some people here make it out to be. 
The Secretary.—Do you flavor it with lemons? (Laughter). 
Mr. Caston.—No, nothing but sugar. 
No change made for home market ; motion carried. 
BEST SELECTION OF APPLES FOR THE COUNTY OF ESSEX. 
The President announced that Mr. Aranson Exxiottr, President of the South Essex 
Farmers’ Institute, would read a paper on the subject of the best selection of apples for 
the county of Essex—_three summer, three fall, and six winter varieties. 
Mr. Ex.tiorr.—There seems to be some misunderstanding ; I have no paper to read 
on this subject, though in a meeting of this description I do like to doa little skirmishing. 
You are now, gentlemen, in one of the most wonderful counties of the Dominion, and 
anything that would not suit us here would surely not suit people in distant parts. I 
would not form any judgment as to the three best summer apples, because I do not think 
we have any good summer apple at all. ‘Take the Early Harvest, for instance. It used 
to be agood apple, but it is now a failure; it is very rarely you see a good specimen of 
the Early Harvest nowadays. Then as to the Red Astrachan ; I have never bought any 
of them myself, but judging by what I hear from those who have had experience with it, 
it is not valuable. As to the Duchess of Oldenburg, I take no stock in it. We have 
never had a market for summer apples. I do not know anything of the Gravenstein or 
Benoni ; in fact I do not know anything about summer or fall apples. 
The Presipent.—What about winter apples ? 
Mr. Extiorr.—I know the Baldwin is a good apple after our trees come into bearing, 
and we can better afford to raise the Baldwin for a dollar a barrel than we can the King 
for two dollars a barrel. Then I put the Greening as another. 
The Presipent.— What is the third ? 
Mr. Ex.iorr.—Well, I left home with the impression that I liked the Mann apple. 
The PresipEent.— Would you put that as one of the six best ? 
Mr. Extiorr.—Yes, if you make it six I will. Then I think a good deal of the 
Stark ; I think it is the coming apple. I would put that as one of the six. I cannot: 
speak from experience of the Spy, neither would I advise anyone to raise the King ; 
there is not much money in it, it is not a good yielder, but the great trouble with it is 
that the apples fall. The Canada Red is a good apple and a good yielder, and I put it as 
one of my six. There is another apple that I have not heard mentioned here to-day, 
