MY SEEDLING ORCHARD. 73 



MY SEEDLING ORCHARD. 



T. E. PERKINS, RED WING. 



I have some Malinda apple trees that had four barrels of apples 

 that year. Our secretary wished me to state why I happened to, 

 or what prompted me to, plant those seeds. Well, I will state why. 

 As Mrs. Perkins was preparing some apples for cooking she found 

 some seeds sprouted. So she saved the seeds that winter, put them 

 in moist dirt and kept them in the cellar and planted them the spring 



"wayside" SEEDLING. 



"I took this seedling from the side of the road. It is as fine an apple in its season as I ever 

 saw; it is equal to the Wealthy for cooking or eating from the hand, and tree is as the 

 hardy as the Duchess or any other tree, and a good bearer. I only saw one small twig that 

 blighted last year." 



after. I prepared the ground, and she took care of them the first 

 three years. Then I thought I would help her out a little. So I 

 commenced to thin them out and plant in nursery rows to grow 

 until large enough to plant in orchard. My trees are nine years 

 old from the seed. 



