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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



successful. Another year early grafting might be the best. We 

 cannot be governed by any one experience. 



Crab trees top-worked to Peerless are profitable. The 

 Peerless is a good fall variety, and the fruit sells well. It bears 

 much better when grown in this way. 



SPRAY OK FRUIT ON A WEALTHY SEEDLING. 



In seedling orchard of A. B. Lyman. Picture taken in September, 1903. 



What shall farmers plant for a winter variety? Many think 

 of the Wealthy, Peerless, Hibernal, Patten's Greening as winter 

 apples, but they really are not. With us they can be kept in 

 any quantities but for a short time, and by November first they 

 are badly perished. The Malinda we know will keep, yet we 



