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Mr. Andrew Wilfert: I had some in bearing two years ago, 

 and it commenced raining, and every apple rotted on the tree. 



Mr. Elliot: There is the Hibernal, that is a good commercial 

 apple. We know it is hardy, and some have planted the Hibernal 

 commercially and made more out of it then out of the Wealthy. 



Mr. O. M. Lord : The thought occurred to me that the society 

 at one time rather poked fun at me for somethmg I said. In tak- 

 ing a vote on the five best varieties of apples for the northwest, I 

 said, when it came my turn to vote, I would vote for the Wealthy 

 five times, and Mr. Elliot said about the same thing, and that is 

 what made my mouth water. 



Mr. Emil Sahler : I have one called the Itasca, what is the mat- 

 ter with that? 



Mr. Elliot: We don't want that, it takes too long to come into 

 bearing. The Longfield is an experiment; it does not keep any 

 longer than the Wealthy. We have some very good apples that 

 keep most of the winter, but what we want now is a first class, 

 hardy, productive apple, of high quality, long keeping and good 

 looking commercially. One of the commission men came in here 

 two years ago and said, picking up an apple, "That is a fine apple," 

 and he picked up one of the poorest apples we have. I told him that 

 was a very poor apple, but he said he did not care what the quality 

 of the apple was, but it looked well, and that is what sells an apple. 



Mr. Lord: Can you name us a good early apple that comes 

 earlier than the Duchess? 



Mr, Elliot: Well, the best early apple I know of is the Tetof- 

 sky. The White Transparent is a good early apple, but it blights. 

 The Tetofsky is a good one. I have an apple on trial that is a seed- 

 ling of the Tetofsky, originated by our lamented friend, Mr. 

 Harris. This year I had one little tree two and one-half feet high 

 that had three magnificent apples on it, of fine quality, and if that 

 tree will produce apples of that size and quality and in sufficient 

 quantity that is going to be the ideal summer apple. It is as early 

 as the Tetofsky. 



Mr. Oliver Gibbs : Mr. Smith told about a Transparent he got 

 at Faribault that did not blight. The trees at the Agricultural col- 

 lege had all blighted. His long experience with the Transparent 

 shows that it is possible to grow and train a Transparent that is not 

 subject to blight. Give us that, and we do not want anything better. 



Mr. Elliot : On the Gideon place they have a good many White 

 Transparent that fruited this year. I would like to ask Mr. Getchell 

 what he thinks of the White Transparent; how many blighted? 



Mr. Getchell: We had only a little blight on the White Trans- 

 parent. 



Pansies will g^row almost anywhere in early spring and the late fall if 

 plenty of water is given them, but for midsummer it is best to make the bed 

 on the north or east side of the house, where it will be cool and shady, for the 

 pansy delights in coolness. The ground should be spaded up deeply and en 

 riched by an admixture of thoroughly rotted manure and woods earth. 



