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three months later by some competent committee. In that way 

 we will get at the true merits of the fruit. In judging some of the 

 varieties today we found some in the winter class that are just 

 in season now, while others were tough and hard and they could 

 not be judged with any degree of certainty, and for that reason 

 we recommend that seedling apples that are presented for competi- 

 tion shall become the property of the society to dispose of as it 

 sees fit. 



This apple in my right hand is a seedling of the Wealthy, and 

 this one in my left is a seedling of the Malinda. What this one on 

 my left is crossed with we do not know, but what this on my right 

 is crossed with we do know, and for the reason that there is evi- 

 dence that there was no other pyrus malus variety than the Wealthy 

 growing on the place at the time, as I understantl it. If I am not 

 correct, I hope Mr. Lyman will set me right. 



Mr. A. B. Lyman: As I understand it there were very few ap- 

 ple trees. There were Siberian crab treqs, but they were quite re-' 

 mote. 



Mr. Elliot: Your father told me that was about the only thing 

 that fruited on the place that year. 



We have here a collection of seedlings of Malinda crossed with 

 the Perry Russet, the Haas, the Duchess and Tetofsky, so that 

 this is quite a valuable collection of seedlings from a scientific 

 standpoint. A number of these seedlings show a great prepotency 

 to the Malinda on the mother's side, and the Wealthy is noted for 

 its prepotency in all its seedlings. We have a perfect Wealthy in 

 a large number of seedlings in our state, and it is noted not only 

 in the form of the apple, but it occurs in the size, the quality of 

 the flesh, the color, the markings of the leaf, the growth, etc. 

 Even in the seeds and the seed carpels we note the resemblance. 

 Here is another (exhibiting apple), Lord's L. The first time I 

 saw it on exhibition it .was this same shape but smaller, and was 

 grown on sandy soil. This one here (indicating) was grown by Mr. 

 Merritt on clay soil, and he sent down to the World's Fair some 

 of the most magnificent fruit of the Wealthy that have ever been 

 seen, showing what soil will do. 



This yellow apple (indicating) is a sweet apple. This is from 

 Ailing & Co., of Winona county, and they told me this is a sprout 

 from a grafted tree that killed down, but it is a magnificent sweet 

 apple. It is of fine grain and very firm, and I do not see why it 

 is not going to make a splendid baking apple. It has size and 

 commercial value. 



Here is a class of apples originated at Farmington by D. F. 

 Akin, and I have been watching them with a great deal of interest. 

 The history of these apples, as given by Mr. Akin, is that they 

 were planted in 1871. He had two barrels of apples the previous 

 winter, and from those apples he saved seed and planted it, and he 

 has got all kinds of apples. They were like some of the potatoes 

 sent to market, — very much mixed; but he has Russet, Fameuse, 

 Ben Davis, Greening and Baldwin, and I do not know what all. 

 These apples, when they first began to be shown at fairs, were not 



