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year to year, and. they are apples of the Wealthy type. They are 

 nearly all apples of fine color, even the late varieties are apples 

 that color well when left on the trees until fully ripe. As to 

 quality, would say that at the last winter meeting of this society 

 we exhibited but four varieties, and they took the leading prizes 

 on seedlings in competition with the seedlings of Minnesota and 

 of some outside states. One variety took first prize as a best 

 early winter seedling and another variety took first as best late 

 winter. 



Some say, "We have the Wealthy; what better do you want?" 

 The Wealthy is a grand variety, but we are greatly in need of a 

 winter apple. The horticultural society has offered a prize of 

 $1,000 for a winter variety that is of standard hardiness and a 

 long keeper. You may be the lucky winner. Let all have some 

 part in this work and save and plant some apple seeds from year 

 to year. Do not plant seeds of scrub apples, but rather use the 

 seeds of apples of high quality, like the Wealthy, and your efforts 

 are likely to be crowned by a measure of success. 



Mr. Philips (Wis.) : Have you any seedling of the Wealthy 

 that you would set in place of the Wealthy for a com.mercial 

 orchard ? 



Mr. Lyman: I certainly have. There are some I would pre- 

 fer to the Wealthy on account of being later varieties. They are 

 in the experimental stage, and they are a good variety, but I am 

 not going to claim everything. There is another point I wish 

 to mention. Here is a plate (indicating) that is not a direct 

 seedling of the Wealthy, but a seedling of a seedling of the 

 Wealthy. This is the second generation from the Wealthy, and 

 you can see that this color is not due to its grandparent. It is 

 this apple that we have named the "Burt." These (indicating) 

 are late apples and have the Wealthy characteristics of color and 

 shape. 



The President: Here (indicating) is a plate of Evelyn; de- 

 scribe that to us. 



Mr. Lyman : That is the apple that secured the highest award 

 last year and also secured it this year. The tree is a little dif- 

 ferent from the Wealthy ; it is not as upright a grower as the 

 Wealthy. It is a somewhat spreading grower, it has rather a 

 large leaf. It is a very productice variety and bears many bushels 

 of fruit from year to year. 



Mr. Philips: How many years has it borne? 



Mr. Lyman : I did not grow the seedlings. The seedlings 

 originated in 1876, and they are now quite old trees. It bore well 

 last year, and it bore well this year ; it is a very good bearer. 



The President: How many months have you added to the 

 season of the Wealthy in any of these seedlings? 



Mr. Lyman : Well, I regard the Wealthy, the Patten's Green- 

 ing and the Hibernal as fall apples ; that is what they are with us. 



