MINNESOTA APPLE SEEDLINGS OF VALUE. 163 



Lord's Seedling L. The "Seedling L" is a seedling of the Wealthy, 

 by O. M. Lord, of Minnesota City. The tree is a fairly strong grower, 

 of very good habit and an early fruiter, less subject to blight than 

 its parent, the Wealthy. The fruit is of full medium size, good form 

 and attractive appearance; season, probably early winter. 



T. Johnson No. 6., or Norse. This is a variety of considerable 

 merit that I have been watching closely for the past five or six years. 

 The tree is about thirty-five years old and was grown from seed 

 brought over from Norway and planted by a Mr. Tobias Johnson, 

 in Houston county, where it now stands. It does not show signs of 

 ever having received any injury from severe winters or any other 

 cause. The tree is headed low and has a rather broad spreading 

 habit, the head being over thirty feet across. The originator and 

 his wife having deceased a few years since, I am unable to learn at 

 what age it began to bear fruit but think that it was an early bearer. 



LORD'S SEEDLING L. 



Fig. 3. Description.— Size, 5; weight, 6 ounces; form, round ovate, conical; color, 

 yellowish ground, nearly covered with bright pinkish red; stalk, long, in a 

 medium narrow, deep, greenish cavity; calyx, closed in an abrupt, narrow, 

 deep, ribbed basin; flesh, white, often slightly stained with pink, fine ground, 

 juicy; flesh, pleasant acid flavor; core, small and closed; season, winter. 



It now produces some fruit annually and produces heavily on alter- 

 nate years. I should estimate that the crop this year would measure 

 twentj^-five bushels. In 1896, twenty-four bushels were sold from 

 the tree, netting the owner $14.50. The fruit is always fair, of about 

 medium size, smooth, round, conical form, greenish yellow and red 

 striped and thickly sprinkled over with large whitish dots, and if 

 allowed to hang until fully ripe, is covered with a bluish bloom. 

 The cavity is narrow and deep; stalk, medium long, with calix 

 closed, in a shallow, wrinkled basin; core, small and closed. The 

 flesh is nearly fine grained, yellowish white, sometimes stained with 

 red; flavor, pleasant sprightly sold; season, late autumn. 



