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back lirst and fsecoiul years. Have borne three years ; most valualjle winter 

 apple. 



Mr. Goodyear, of Blue Earth county, lias trees in beariuu-; bear large crops ; 

 nice and hardy. 



Mr. Gideon — profitable to grow on clay soil. Not successful with him. 



Mr. Hott'mau said trees at Mr. Blaisdell's, near Minneapolis, were doing 

 well. 



Mr. Buck — no fruit he values more highly. His orchard is on northern 

 exposure ; soil, loam, with clay subsoil ; keeps until January ; late bearers. 



Mr. Bates has one tree fifteen years old that produced thirteen ])ushels of 

 fmit which sold for two dollars per bushel in Winona. Would recommend it. 



Fall Orange. — Mr. Truman M. Smith has a tree that bore so heavily that it 

 broke down. 



Mr. Brimhall considers it one of the best varieties in the State. 



Duchess of Oldenbiin/. — This acknowledged hardy variety was discussed at 

 considerable length. Its objectionable features are that it is too sour; will 

 not keep ; dealers do not like to buy much of a stock at a time. It was 

 thought best not to reject it just yet. 



Ben Davis.— 'Mr. Smith— a good apple ; one of the best ; bears in four years 

 from the graft ; good keeper. 



Convention adjourned till 7 o'clock. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Called to order at 7 o'clock. 



Discussion of the Ben Davis was continued. 



Mr. Jewell — a good variety ; does not grow as large with us as it does 

 further south ; quality, second good; keeps until April and May, and even 

 until June ; would recommend for planting largely ; bears early. 



Mr. Smith does not mulch or protect in any way in Winter; clean culti^a- 

 tion as good as mulching. 



Mr. Bates had apples in four years from graft ; valuable winter apple ; raised 

 largely in Winona county. 



Golden Iiusset. — Mr. Latham — trees seven and eight years old in Excelsior 

 have borne the past season; never killed down. 



Mr. Brimhall does not consider it as hardy as Fameuse or Ked Astrachan. 

 It lias not done as well with Mr. Truman Smith as some other varieties. 



]\Ir. Jewell thinks there are five hundred trees of English Golden Russets 

 in Minnesota. Thinks it as hardy as anj' tree we have; no fruit that. keeps 

 better; as good quality as the Ben Davis. It is sometiuies confounded with 

 the American Golden Kusset ; subject to blight, especially in Southern Min- 

 nesota, and in Northern Iowa it is discarded almost entirely. Aside from 

 blight, it is an indispensable variety. 



Fameuse. — Mr. Truman ^I. Smith has trees twelve years old : borne crop 



