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CliUN. Hoag— had set out a tree which i.s now ten years okl and bears well. 

 The apples are fine for cookinir, but not i^ood for hand eating. 



P. A. Jewell— the tree is verj^ productive and bears one year later than the 

 Transcendent. It is just as juicy and good the first of May as when gathered. 



L. M. Ford had known them to fail under some circumstances. 



1). A. J. Baker considered it hardy. 



A. C. Hamilton thought that wild apples make better preserves than the 

 Siberian, and believed the Soulard to be equally good. 



J. 8. Shearman had heard the Soulard recommended as stock to graft upon. 



W. E. Brimhall considered it excellent stock to graft on. The fruit makes 

 excellent cider. 



C. H. Clark has trees that are perfectly hardy. 



Mr. Wyman Elliot moved that the Soulard be recommended for general 

 cultivation. 



Carried. 



Thanks were tendered Mr. Shearman for his excellent apples, and to 

 Truman M. Smith for the fine specimens of home made wine which the 

 Society had been invited to test. 



AFTERNOON SESSION. .JANUARY 27. 



Meeting called to order by the President. 



A. C. Hamilton moved to continue the consideration of topics as arranged 

 for the afternoon discussion. Carried. 



LOCATION FOR AN OUCHAKD. 



.J. S. Shearman preferred^ an elevated, rolling, timber district. Was not 

 clear whether a northern or southern exposure is best. Low, sandy land is 

 not good. 



P. A. Jewell — I would choose a high location. A difference of a few feet 

 makes a great difference in the success of an orchard. Thought it a mistake 

 to plant in a position protected from the winds and exposed to the sun, where 

 the trees are injured by the frequent freezing and thawing of the sap. On 

 this account he preferred a northern slope. Other things being favorable, an 

 orchard may succeed on a sandy soil ; but declines earlier. No variety can 

 stand and succeed in low bottom land. 



Truman M. Smith approved of a northern slope. 



A. C. Hamilton agreed substantially with P. A. Jewell. Thought that trees 

 should be planted on prairie land only, after it had been cultivated for a long- 

 time ; otherwise they would be injured by the alkali left in the soil by Fall 

 burning, which it requires many years of cultivation to exhaust. Preferred 

 a northern slope to a summit. 



A. Stewart did not consider so important, near a body of water, to select 

 an elevation. 



J. S. Shearman oflered the following resolution : 



