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time to g-ather the Duchesa is just as the seed begins to color. 

 Fourth, time to g-ather Wealthy, as soon as it drops easily from the 

 stem and gets good color. Fifth, I cannot recomimend Patten's 

 Greening, as its season is not any longer than Wealthy, and I con- 

 sider the Wealthy the best apple to grow for commerce. Seventh, 

 if I was going to plant 1,000 trees at Minnetonka, I would set the 

 Silken Leaf and top-work them with Wealthy." 



R. C. Keel. "I will give you the names of the 1,000 apple trees I 

 would set out. 150 Duchess, 350 Wealthy, 200 Longfield, 200 Hibernal , 

 25 McMahon, 25 Anisim. These six varieties are certainlj'^ some of 

 the best that I know anything about, and one setting them will ^not 

 miss it. Out of this lot I think the Wealthy the best money maker; 

 it bears quite young and heavily, and will always bring the top mar- 

 ket price. The Longfield would pay for themselves the quickest- 

 but would be the first to give out. I would set this variety on one 

 side of the orchard so I could replant without spoiling the looks of 

 my orchard. It lasts about ten years. Some of the new varieties, 

 such as Peerless, Okabena, Gilbert, etc., may be good, but no one 

 has ever made any money out of them as yet, and unless I could 

 get trees at the same price as common trees would not plant them, 

 for there is none of them that will give the returns that the Wealthy 

 will." 



Clarence Wedge. "If setting an orchard of 1,000 trees where I had 

 opportunity and desire to cater to a nice home market, especially if 

 near a northern city, I would set varieties about as follows: 160 Mar- 

 tha crab, 40 Sweet Russet, 200 Duchess or Charlamofif for early, 200 

 Patten's Greening, 400 Hibernal or Virginia to top-work, the former 

 preferred, as it is less liable to patch or body blight." 



Prof. S. B. Green. "In relation to planting orchards for commer- 

 cial purposes in Carver county, Hibernal 350, Wealthy 350, Duchess 

 150, Charlamoff, 150. I would prefer to have Wealthy top-worked on 

 Virginia, the others root-grafted with long scions and planted rather 

 deep when they are set out. My idea in putting in the Charlamofif 

 is that it prolongs the selling season of the Duchess. Charlamofif 

 will generally sell for Duchess and comes in later. I think that 

 while the Hibernal is of poor quality for eating, if hard it is 

 such an admirable cooking apple that it is destined to be popular 

 when it is well known, and the tree is so hardy that any one can 

 grow it." 



/. M. Underwood. "Not to put the eggs all into one basket, in 

 planting 1,000 trees I would suggest 200 Wealthy trees from root- 

 graft, 200 crabs to be top-worked, 300 Hibernal to be top-worked also. 

 Then I would graft 50 of the crabs to Wealthy and 50 to Malinda, 

 the Hibernal top-worked to Wealthy also. I have quite an admira- 

 tion for the Anisim and Patten, but do not know them well enough 

 yet to recommend them in large quantities." 



Through the courtesy of a friend I am permitted to make extracts 

 from a letter of inquiry of what to plant in a commercial orchard 

 from: 



O. F. Brand. "Replying to yours of 8th inst., will say that for an 

 orchard of 1,000 trees I would plant, where you are (Carver county), 

 50 Duchess, 50 Itasca, 50 Malinda, 700 Peerless, 150 Euella. But as 

 you cannot get the Euella now. I would make it 850 Peerless. I don't 

 see how you could better that." 



