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they are fine for pickling purposes, although they do not make 

 good jelly. 



I would advise any young planter to set out both crabs and 

 standard apples, since there is always a good demand for both. 

 During the past year the crop of crab apples was small, there being 

 but few upon the trees and these were small and scabby from fung- 

 ous disease. My own yield from 250 trees was but fifteen bushels. 

 The crop of standard apples, on the other hand, was the largest that 

 I ever raised and sold at good prices. 



H. F. Bussee and his boys har\'esting Duchess. 



In conclusion, I would say that my own experience has been 

 satisfactory on the whole and that there can be no question about 

 successfully raising apples in Minnesota and making a good living 

 out of it. Those of us who started at an early day know some of 

 the drawbacks to overcome, lack of home grown stock for planting, 

 few varieties and many other difficulties. One by one these have 

 been removed by constant work and perseverance until at the present 

 time the demand for Minnesota apples to feed the great northwest 

 is rapidly increasing, while many medals from eastern states, won 

 in the face of Michigan and Missouri competition, prove that the 



