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year produced seven and one-quarter bushels at one pickinj"^. We 

 also have recently set Columbus and Red Jacket. The Houghton 

 and Downing- we have alwavs grown with moderate success. 



DARTT'S HYBRID. 



E. H. S. DARTT, OWATONNA. 



Dartt's Hybrid, now called Dartt, grew from Tetofsky seed and 

 from its habif of growth is supposed to be a cross with Hislop crab. 

 I obtained the Tetofsky about fifty years ago from Ingraham Gould, 

 of Beaver Dam, Wis., under the name of Russian Crab. He got it 



Original tree of Dartt's Hybrid. 



from a man in Milwaukee who had received it from Canada. Later 

 on it was boomed as Tetofsky. I sold J. C. Plumb 2,000 Tetofsky 

 scions for $38. From the prepotency of Tetofsky seeds and the 

 hardiness of its seedlings, I have no doubt it is part crab. I have 

 planted seeds of the Dartt and have 27 grafted varieties. These ap- 

 ples range in size from a large crab to a full medium sized apple; 

 some of them blight, some do not. The Dartt is a first class nur- 

 sery tree ; quality good. A housekeeper said I m.ight brag it up 

 as high as I ])leased for canning purposes, and I would not get it 

 too high. All trees and men have their w'eak points. I think the 

 weakest point with the Dartt is its liability to blight. It has never 

 blighted badlv with me. 



