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an early apple and has got to be marketed in season the same as the 

 Wealthy, but I should place the Duchess second on the list. 



In regard to No. 3 we are in doubt which variety to place on the 

 list, but from present knowledge I think the Northwestern Green- 

 ing would be the apple to fit in that place. While, of course, it is 

 an apple that has been before the public a long time, there is some 

 question about its hardiness. Some say it is perfectly hardy, and 

 others say it is not as hardy as the Wealthy or the Duchess, and 

 when you come to productiveness it is not as productive as either 

 of those varieties, but it will keep longer than the Wealthy. I ate 

 Northwestern Greening last March that were in good condition. 



Now about No. 4. There are several varieties that ought to be 

 considered, but I will not go into details in regard to the differ- 

 ent varieties. It is a question in my mind (I am speaking now of 

 commercial apple growing) whether the three varieties I have men- 

 tioned are not about all that we can recommend for profit. But 

 we have several varieties that are being tested which may prove of 

 value in a commercial way. We have some new seedlings on ex- 

 hibition here on our tables which, if all they claim for them is cor- 

 rect, are going to be the commercial apples in a short time and that 

 will go on our list. I do not want to go any further in naming va- 

 rieties in this list of apples than the three I have mentioned. 



There is the Ben Davis which was brought out and recommend- 

 ed to us in 1868 as being the best commercial apple that could be 

 grown. Everybody planted it, and you know the result was we did 

 not get any Ben Davis. It is only within the last five or six years 

 that we have had any Ben Davis upon our tables for exhibition. 

 They killed out. But we have had a series of winters that have 

 been favorable to apple growing, and now we have a nlimber of 

 Ben Davis that are looking very. well. The trouble is it does not 

 mature its wood as early as other varieties and holds its leaves 

 longer, and that is the reason I am making the objection, but we are 

 going to have a series of falls here in which there will be a wide 

 variation. I will mention Mr. Yahnke's seedling as one that will 

 come forward in the future. 



There is the Malinda, that is an apple that takes a long time to 

 come into bearing, but in the way of a winter apple it does very 

 well. We have somxC other varieties that are equally as good as the 

 Malinda, much better in quality, but, as I said, I have had no ex- 

 perience with the Malinda. 



The Patten Greening is a good one. From my present knowl- 

 edge of the history of Patten Greening I should say. it would do 

 for No. 4. 



