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Standard apples, comprising about fifteen varieties, among them the 

 Hyslop and Transcendent, for, as you all know, the public still 

 cries for them. 



These were given the most favorable location, being planted 

 on a high knoll having a northwestern slope, which my experience 

 goes to show is the most favorable location possible. This time 

 the Transcendent and the Hyslop grew well and passed the period 

 when they had previously blighted and bore fruit for three years. 

 This was a source of great satisfaction to me, as I now thought 

 I had succeeded in finding a location where these varieties would 

 do well. But in June and July, 1902, these trees started to blight 

 with fruit upon them. This was discouraging enough, but, to 

 make the matter worse, some of the Wealthy and the Virginia crabs 

 also blighted. This convinced me that the Transcendent and the 

 Hyslop must have given the disease to the Wealthy and the Virginia, 

 since I had never known these two last varieties to blight in my 

 orchard. The Wealthy and Virginia blighted badly both in the 

 forks and in the body of the trunk. When the tree is so attacked, 

 death is sure to follow. It is my intention to replace these trees 

 with some other varieties which in my experience are long lived 

 and free from blight. 



At the present time my orchard contains from 1,500 to 1,600 

 trees, young and old, and is in first class condition, practically free 

 from blight and bearing heavily. In fact, some of the young trees' 

 planted only eight years ago bore from one to six bushels per tree. 



In regard to the varieties of apples which are to be recommended 

 either for home use or commercial purposes, I am led by twenty- 

 five years' experience to recommend the following varieties : among 

 the crabs, Shields, Lyman's Prolific, Tonka and Virginia; among 

 the standard apples, Duchess, Okabena, Peerless, Patten's Greening, 

 Wealthy, Hibernal and Northwestern Greening. 



In addition to the crabs mentioned in the above list, I. also have 

 growing in my orchard the Florence, Winona Beauty and Montreal 

 Beauty, but as these are not yet in bearing I can hardly give an 

 opinion as to their value. There is one variety to which I wish 

 to call your attention. This is a seedling crab, ten years old, raised 

 from seed by me and not as yet named. This crab is about the size 

 of a Florence and a little darker red than a Transcendent. Two 

 points in favor of this seedling crab are : first, it sells for the highest 

 price in the market ; and, second, it has been absolutely free from 

 blight for the past ten years. 



Some Orange crabs which I raised last year could not be sold 

 in the Minneapolis market on account of their color. Nevertheless 



