APPLE EXPERIMENTATION AT MINN. UNIVERSITY FARM. 10 1 



1899 — 4 var. from E. H. S. Dartt; 8 var. from Stark Bros., Mo.-; 



I University from C. W. Sampson. 

 1900^ — I seedling', from Fred Propp, Wis.; 6 var. from Dept. of 

 Agriculture; i seedling, from Geo. Phillie, Iowa; i seed- 

 ling, from Berry Mitchellson, Ohio; i var. from Wyman 

 Elliot; I seedling, from G. Sutherland; i (2) seedling, 

 from Lancris, Canada; i seedling, from J. H. White, 

 Crystal, Minn. ; 5 seedlings, hybrid crab, from Ottawa, 

 Canada; i seedling, from D. Carpenter, N. Y.; i seed- 

 ling, from Mrs. P. Rinkel, Minn.; i seedling, from M. 

 Siebenalor, Minn. 

 1901 — I seedling, from T. A. Church, N. C. ; 9 seedlings, from 

 Stark Bros., Mo.; 14 var. from Dept. of Agriculture; 22 

 seedlings, from N. K. Fluke, la.; i var. from McNory & 

 Gaines, Ohio; i var. from Flenry Dunsmore, Minn.; 2 

 seedlings, from F. Yahnke, Minn. ; 2 var. from A. C. Tut- 

 tle; 7 var. from W. Niemetz, Luga, Russia: 3 var. from 

 G. Chapman, Minn.; 2 var. from Waupaca Arctic Nurs- 

 ery. 

 1902 — I var. from O. M. Lord, Minn.; i var. from E. B. Miller, 

 Minn.: 2 var. from Stark Bros.; 2 var. from A. M. Nichol, 

 Ohio; I var. from C. W^ Gurney, S. D.; i var. from W. 

 L. Parker, Minn.; i seedling, from W. Lundquist, Minn. 

 In all, 275 varieties, besides our own seedlings and the varieties 

 set in Orchard "B," making a total of about 500 kinds. 



Prof. S. B. Green: In connection with this apple work, it 

 might be interesting for me to say that in 1901 we received 

 d lot of pyrus baccata seeds and raised seedlings, and this morn- 

 ing I brought in trees showing the growth of the stock grafted 

 and budded on pyrus baccata. We raised a good many seedlings, 

 and our idea was to get a root that was perfectly hardy and would 

 withstand root-killing. This year we have raised about 20,000 seed- 

 lings of pyrus baccata. Here is a Patten Greening two years old 

 from a crown graft of 1901. Its roots are from the scion, as you 

 will see. (Indicating.) We are experimenting along this line, and 

 to me it is something of very much interest. 



Mr. J. S. Parks : Have you had any trouble with blight on the 

 pyrus baccata? Our trees from which we are raising seedlings 

 have blighted badly. The three trees we received in 1902 are as 

 perfect as any I have seen. They are small and do not take the 

 form of the Transcendent or the Virginia. 



Mr. Elliot : Do you not think the pyrus baccata will take on 

 the form and growth of what is put on it? 



The President : They make a larger tree than the pyrus baccata. 

 Mr. Elliot : Yes, they make a large tree, the pyrus baccata does 

 not. There is some difference there that has not been fully worked 

 out. 



Mr. Oliver Gibbs : Were there any badly blighting varieties 

 planted near this pyrus baccata? 



Prof. Green : ISFot especially near. Our place has been as bad 

 a place for blight as any I have ever seen. I think Mr. Elliot will 



