48 HISTORY OK HORTICULTURE INjW^liNXKSOTA. 



far. lie had not known of its winter killi)i^. It beai> its frnit early : at four years 

 is fruitinsr well, and bears constantly. The fruit is two sizes hirirer than the 

 Transcendent, and much more like the Duchess in quality. 



A. Stewart — have known it to come out ii^ood, when the Duchess winter- 

 killed. 



L. M. Ford — with him it had succeeded no better than the Duchess. All 

 his trees were dead. 



Mr. Grimes planted one tree. It wintered well. 



Col. D. A. Kobertson— there were few trees of this variety in the State. 

 Had not known of their failing except with Mr. T^ord. 



T. Moulton. had one tree living out of two. set out two years ago, in sandy 

 soil. 



P. A, Jewell, out of many trees, knew of only one case of mortality. 



S. Hunt. Hudson. Wisconsin, set a two year old tree in 1866. It had not 

 borne yet, but seems perfectly hardy. Had sixteen grafted trees which had 

 been set out two jears, on sandy soil : all doing well. Had lost two trees on 

 the edge of a strip of light sand. 



Truman M. Smith moved the following resolution : 



ResoJrfid. That this Societj- recommeud the Duchess of Oldenburg: for cullivation. 



A. W. Latham moved to amend by adding the words ■• on a clay subsoil." 

 The amendment w'as accepted and carried, and the resolution, as amended, 

 was carried with out a dissenting voice. 



Col. D. A. Kobertson presented the following: 



ReHolred. That the Tetofsky apple appears to be adapted to the soil ami cliniMlo of Minne- 

 sota, and that this Society recommend this variety for fnrther tr:iil. 



Carried. 



SIBKRIAN CRAB. 



T. M. Smith had known them to be injured by blight, but never to winter- 

 kill. 



Moved by P. A. Jewell to consider the Transcendent. 

 Carried. 



THE ClOMMOX APPLK. 



Col. Robertson — the Common Apple {Fyrm Mains) recjuired a soil contain- 

 ing clay or marl. The wood of the Siberian Crab had not, that he knew of. 

 been analyzed ; did not know but it might be better adapted to a sandy 

 soil. 



A. Stewart had tried Transcendent on all sorts of soils, and had never 

 known them to kill : considered sandy loam with clay subsoil the best ground 

 for them. He had known Siberian seedlings to fruit, and did not consider 

 them necessarily hardy. 



P. A. Jewell stated that unless the ground was midched, s<nnetimes Trans- 

 cendent, grafted upon tender stock, root-kill ; had known them to be injured 

 by blight, but not so much so as other kinds. Had also known them to 



