386 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MY IMPRESSIONS OF THE NORTHWESTERN GREEN- 

 ING APPLE. 



J. C. HAWKINS, AUSTIN. 



(So. Minn. Hort. Society.) 



This fine variety I consider the most valuable extra late keepei- 

 we have. The tree is a straight, vigorous, healthy grower; one of 

 the hardiest of winter apples, and an early, regular and abundant 

 bearer. The fruit is large, oblong, smooth, yellowish green, of at- 

 tractive appearance and of a mild, pleasant, slightly aromatic, sub- 

 acid flavor. It is very good for a late keeper. We kept them in 

 good condition in an ordinary cellar last season till June. Not- 

 withstanding its late keeping qualities, it is in good condition for 

 eating in December, and only a few varieties are superior to it in 

 flavor- at any time. We consider it one of the most promising winter 

 varieties to grow for market purposes, and few investments would 

 be more profitable than an orchard of Northwest Greening properly 

 cared for. In the year 1893 the Northern Iowa Horticultural So- 

 ciety by resolution condemned the Northwest Greening apple as un- 

 fit and unworthy of recommendation in the northern Iowa and 

 southern Minnesota territory. A few men, however, persisted in 

 planting it, and today it shows up as one of the most promising 

 varieties of winter apples for that territory. 



On April loth, 1899, W. H. Guilford, of Dubuque, Iowa, wrote 

 me, 'T expected that cob house. Northwest Greening, would tumble. 

 Every nurseryman in Iowa knew that Northwest Greening was not 

 hardy, but they boomed it as the king of winter apples. There is 

 more of it planted this spring than of any other variety." And yet 

 in the face of all this denunciation and criticisms the Northwest 

 Greening apple seems to be steadily forging its way into the good 

 graces of the apple growers, and I am tuliy persuaded that the 

 planter who plants a good portion of his orchard to Northwest 

 Greening makes no mistake. 



Single Hoi^lyhocks. — These are of the class of neglected but valuable 

 plants which are now and then recalled to memory by somebody who protests 

 against their being kept in obscurity. Hardly any plant of their class is more 

 striking or picturesque. Except for cutting purposes, like most other single 

 flowers they are better than the double forms in every respect — more artistic, 

 vigorous, free from the hollyhock disease, and when once established needing 

 little or no attention. Yet no florist seems to catalogue them, and nobody 

 seems to remember or notice them except now and then to admire their beauty 

 in some old-fashioned garden which modern improvements have spared. 

 One day some shrewd florist will rediscover and advertise them, and there will 

 be the excitement and satisfaction of another gardening novelty. — Gardening. 



