THE MINNESOTA 



HORTICULTURIST. 



VOL. 29. JUNE, 1901. No. 6. 



SEEDLINGS IN 1900. 



J. S. HARRIS, COMMITTEE. 

 (Report made at last Annual Meeting.) 



It has been a favorable year for the fruiting of seedling apples, 

 and hundreds of varieties in different parts of the state have pro- 

 duced bountiful crops. Owing to the carrying out of a long-cher- 

 ished plan of visiting my native state, Ohio, and spending an entire 

 month among the scenes and surroundings of my boyhood days, I 

 have been able to visit but few of our seedling orchards, and these 

 only in the way of other business. 



In August I visited the seedling orchards in Houston county be- 

 longing to John Holtz and Ole Oleson. There are more seedling 

 varieties in these orchards producing fruit of good quality, large 

 size and fair appearance than at any other place I have seen in the 

 state, and the trees did not appear to have been injured by the winter 

 of 1898-99. I have mentioned these orchards in previous reports, 

 and consider them well worthy of being looked after. 



At Edward Null's, town of Union, Caledonia county, there are 

 two fine seedlings from the Duchess, bearing fruit of about the same 

 or rather better quality, and keeping well from one to two months 

 later. But very few apples have been sent to me so far this season 

 for examination. One, named St. Antoine, sent in by R. Park- 

 hill, of Chatfield, has at least the merit of great beauty of appearance, 

 and is said to be a long keeper. The fruit is of large medium size ; 

 round, oblate form ; colored yellowish ground nearly covered with 

 orange and crimson in stripes and splashes ; flavor, a mild or sub- 

 acid sweet. 



L. W. Prosser, of LeRoy, has sent me a number of samples of an 

 apple that I am unable to identify, and so far have not found any one 

 who is able to help me out. I think that it is either a seedling or a 

 graft hybrid. The fruit equals the Ben Davis in size and appear- 



