MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 55 



MONTEVIDEO TRIAL STATION. 



I.YCUJIGUS R. MOVER, SUPT. 

 APPLES. 



At Montevideo the apple making the best record was the 

 Wealthy. It had been supposed that we were too far north 

 and too far west to raise the Wealthy, but for the last two years it 

 has been doing surprisingly well. People are beginning to plant 

 apple trees, and it seems likely that the whole Minnesota valley will 

 before very long produce its own supply of apples. 



The Hibernal, too, is making a good record, and young trees 

 are bearing large crops of apples. The fruit is rather sour and a 

 little coarse-grained, but it is better than the Missouri Ben Davis, that 

 seems to have such a firm grip on the Minnesota market for a fall 

 apple. 



Among the very new summer apples, the Blushed Calville easily 

 stands at the head. It is a very fine apple, but why the name is pre- 

 fixed with the adjective "Blushed," is most difficult to understand. 

 Our trees were received from Prof. Budd and ought to be true to 

 name, but they do not betray the slightest tendency to blush. On 

 the contrary, one would call it a very light yellow or white apple 

 without the slightest tinge of red. The Blushed Calvilles began to 

 ripen with us about July 20th and were at their best about August 

 4th. The trees seem to be very hardy and quite free from blight, 

 and they are regular and abundant bearers. The trees come into 

 bearing when they are very young, and the fruit is of high quality. 

 The Blushed Calville is a Russian apple that one does not have to 

 apologize for. 



No. I Simbrisk is a large apple of fair quality, ripening a little 

 later than the Oldenburg. It does not seem to be a very heavy 

 bearer. 



No. 984 appears to be an excellent, medium sized apple ripening 

 in September. The apple is splashed with red, but the flesh is white 

 and of very fine quality. 



Another apple of fine quality ripening in September was re- 

 ceived from Prof. Budd under the name of Prosart's Malenka. We 

 shall watch its development with interest. 



The Whitney bore a large crop in this neighborhood. 

 An apple sold by Storrs & Harrison, under the name Gideon, 

 seems to be very hardy. It is a large sized yellow apple ripening 

 in October. It is very sour, but is a good cooking apple. 



