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little fruit of any kind, and if the Hibernal will cover that one locality 

 we ought to recommend it, but in recommending anything on the 

 list we want to decide what district it is adapted for, not recommend 

 it for southern Minnesota or northern Iowa, but recommend it es- 

 pecially for Manitoba or any place where it is regarded as a good 

 apple. 



Mr. C. F. Gardner: I say the Hibernal is an absolutely hardy, 

 tree, free from blight, a good bearer and good fruit for certain pur- 

 poses. 



Mr. C. E. Older: In South Dakota I find they have divided 

 that state into six districts, each one having a different fruit list. 

 Between the Missouri and the Big Sioux they can raise good fruit, 

 but in the northern part of the state it is the other extreme. In the 

 northwestern part of this state they cannot raise anything. 



Mr. J. S. Harris : I hope you will not condemn the Hibernal ; 

 my wife said if I would only plant enough Hibernal she did not care 

 about the rest. 



Prof. N. E. Hansen : The Hibernal will live and bear in the 

 north where they cannot grow anything else. It is an apple for 

 which there is going to be a good field in Manitoba, the northern 

 part of Minnesota, the northern part of South Dakota and North 

 Dakota. 



Mr. O. F. Brand : Some sixteen years ago I got myself roundly 

 cursed and abused for telling the truth about the Hibernal apple, and 

 I find now that a good many of those horticulturists have come 

 round to my way of thinking. I had a little discussion at that time 

 with Prof. Budd and Col. Watrous about the Russian apple. I 

 told them it was atrocious, as Col. Watrous said at that time. 

 About its growing in the north : there are other varieties that are so 

 immensely better. Take the little Meader's Winter crab, that will 

 grow further north and give them in the average home all they want, 

 and there will be ninety-nine bushels of that crab raised where one 

 bushel of Hibernal will be raised. It is one of the finest crabs 

 raised, and people will use it in preference to anything else. There 

 are other varieties that are three-fourths apple and one-fourth crab 

 that will grow and produce bushels, will produce five where the 

 Hibernal will produce one. 



Mr. F. W. Kimball : The question of apple raising in south- 

 ern Minnesota is dependent upon whether you want to raise them 

 for the home or for the immediate neighborhood market. If you 

 want to raise it for the home I know of nothing better than the little 

 sweet crab. It is raised at a good many points and makes a good 

 baking apple. Sweet Russet crab it is called. I could recommend 

 to every one to have one or two trees of that variety in the home. 

 Then follows the Yellow Sweet. It is a medium sized apple, of de- 

 lightful quality, but soon gone. Then comes the Briar Sweet, which 

 is also a delightful apple. If you have children in your home do not 

 fail to have some of the Briar Sweet. They can go out and pick 

 them day after day. If picked and ripened in the cellar or house 

 they are soon gone. Then follows the Duchess, about which it is 

 not necessary to say anything, and then the Whitney, which should 



