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lings as possible and then test whatever he can. The rest he can 

 send to different trial stations, where their hardiness, productiveness 

 and quality of fruit may be tested. Trees so tried are worth a good 

 deal, and that every one might reap the returns of his work no tree 

 or scion should be obtainable by any other person than the owner, so 

 as to give him the first chance of propagating that seedling. 



If our seedlings were tested in this way, they would be valuable 

 and the booming of some worthless tree would be avoided, or the 

 misrepresentation of it. 



The experience we had with the Russians, that so many worth- 

 less ones were planted, which gave much disappointment, ought to 

 give us a lesson in the planting of the seedlings, which are grown 

 now by the thousands. If they are thoroughly tried, and those of 

 most value chosen, many disappointments will be avoided. 



I have propagated some of these varieties which you see on the 

 table. They are bearing productively and are hardy. I have sent 

 some trees of them to trial stations. The trees which we want are 

 those which are hardy, healthy, spreading growers, productive and 

 free from blight, and which bear fruit early or medium early, 

 and fruit of bright color, medium size and above all of good quality 

 and which keep from October to May. The trees we do not want are 

 the tender ones, the upright growers, the tardy or scant bearers, and 

 those which blight badly. 



If tUis society can accomplish this it has done something for the 

 interest of horticulture which future generations will appreciate very 

 highly. 



Air. Yahnke : Now I would like 'to show you some of the results 

 of -which I have spoken. These (exhibiting) are some of the chance 

 seedlings. One tree bears very heavily of this type of fruit, (indicat- 

 ing) which resembles the Fameuse, but it keeps through May. The 

 tree stands in the woods. This apple (indicating) keeps till April 

 or through April, and it is as good an eating apple as I have ever 

 seen. The tree stands in the woods above a ditch, where the roots 

 run down about ten feet deep. The only trouble is it overbears. 

 Here is one (exhibiting) that is a root sprout, and it shows the 

 Russett blood. It comes from an old tree ; I don't know what it was. 

 This is also a root sprout, and so is this (indicating). I got two of 

 these trees out of the woods. Here is one (indicating) that is a 

 cross between the Pearmain and King of Tompkins County. The 

 apple keeps well and has a good flavor ; it resembles a pear as much 

 as anything. This (indicating) is what we call the Winter King. 

 Here is one we call the Humboldt. This is as pretty an apple as 

 any one would want to look at. It will keep until spring, and it 

 may keep until this time. It is a root sprout. This is what nature 

 has done for me. It will keep well until we meet again. 



