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Peck’s Pleasant, which is a good bearer anda good apple. I think there is more money 
in Baldwins and Greenings than in any other apples we raise. We have a 
dozen different kinds of Russets; but I would not advise anyone here to 
grow Russetts, as they become deformed. The Spitzenberg used to be a good 
apple some years ago, but this fall a gentleman asked me to get him a barrel, and I could 
not get a barrel of good ones in the whole county of Essex. ‘The Talman Sweet is a good 
ple ; it is not an extra fine dessert apple, but I never saw its equal as a baking apple. 
he Northern Spy is a good apple, but I think it is less suited to our light soil than to a 
heavier land. Iam a great admirer of the Fall Pippin, but there is not much money 
made in growing it. Seek-no-further bears very well with us. St. Lawrence is a good 
apple when it is ripe, but you want to get there the night before or it will be rotten next 
morning. The Ribston Pippin, though a good apple, is not an extra bearer with us, and 
the Fall Pippin is a shy bearer. The Duchess is I think a kind of first cousin to the 
St. Lawrence. It is a good cooking apple before it gets ripe. Another very good fall 
«apple, that will stand shipping, is the Sherwood ; it is a long striped apple, and is an 
extra apple to yield with us. Then there is the Maiden’s Blush, we get about as perfect 
apples off it as from any tree that grows. 
) THE QUESTION DRAWER. 
The following questions were discussed from the (Juestion Drawer : 
SHOULD EXHIBITORS OF FRUIT BE THE OWNERS OF IT ? 
The Presipent.—I do not think anyone here will say otherwise. 
President Lyon.—We have for several years in Michigan given premiums for 
collections of fruit which may be gathered within a certain district, not exacting rigidly 
that they shall be of the exhibitor’s own growth, but it is only in the case of those col- 
lections that exhibitors are allowed to cull from others. I think this plan has added 
greatly to the interest of the exhibition, because it shows the capabilities of the district 
from within which the fruit is drawn. ' 
The PresipENt.—Are your people in Michigan all perfectly honest? We have a 
similar plan here in some of our fairs, and I have heard it more than hinted that when 
these people are making their collections of fruit they, at the same time, get a little to 
be exhibited as of their own growth, 
President Lyon.—We endeavor to draw the line very rigidly, and if any complaint 
is made it is always examined closely by the proper authorities. 
The Presipent —J have heard it said that the man who won the medal at the last 
Toronto Exhibition collected almost all his exhibit, and raised only a very small propor- 
tion. I know that it is done in local fairs right along, and I think it is a very unfair 
thing and one with which this Society ought to deal if “possible. 
Mr. Wirkinson.—I have been connected with fairs in this district for thirty or 
forty years, and have filled almost every office, and I do not think it is fair to allow any 
but bona fide producers. There have actually been cases where a buna fide exhibitor 
has been beaten by fruit of his own growth exhibited by some one who has collected 
fruit toshow. The only excuse is that a finer display may be made by getting together a 
tine collection. 
The Srecrerary.—The only thing that can be done to remedy it that I can see is to 
pass a resolution in this way, that in the opinion of this Association every exhibitor of 
fruits at any fairs should be required to sign a written certificate that the fruit he 
exhibits is of his own growth, and that there should be some forfeit in case it is shown 
that such exhibit is not as represented. 
Mr. WiLkixson.—That he should forfeit all prizes, and be debarred from again 
exhibiting for two years. 
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