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they are peaches, and they are quite as good, much better than some 

 that are sold on the market in our cities. 



In passing I would not forget that old stand-by, the Transcend- 

 ent. True, it blights badly, yet it has produced more fruit than any 

 other tree that we have in Minnesota, and I think we ought not 

 wholly to discard it, as it is the farmer's fruit tree, and it is pretty 

 sure to give him some fruit ; besides, it gives him courage to plant 

 more and better fruit. 



Meader's Red Winter is a hybrid that keeps well into the winter ; 

 is about the size of the Transcendent ; the tree blights a little ; the 

 fruit is good to eat out of hand; just suits the little ones and seems 

 to satisfy them. It bears every year but is more prolific each 

 alternate year. 



Minnesota is a large, fair apple, so large that some have claimed 

 that it is not a hybrid. It is a nice apple to eat; season late fall. 

 The tree is quite free from blight and quite productive with age. 



There are many others as good as I have named, but I have 

 named only those with which I am acquainted. I have some seed- 

 lings that will equal them, but they are not on the market. 



Mr. W. L. Taylor : What kind of trees did you plant in your 

 windbreak ? 



Mr. Day : I set white willows ; I planted a row clear around 

 on the east and south sides, and I set maple on the south side. It 

 makes a good and heavy windbreak. 



Mr. A. D. Leach : Did you ever notice a difference in the 

 blighting of the Transcendent whether they were on moderately high 

 ground or low ground? 



Mr. Day: I cannot answer that question. I have some 

 Transcendent trees that bore very heavily this year, some that bore 

 nearly forty bushels of apples on one tree. I have some trees set out 

 nearly forty years ago and some are rotten nearly through. 



Mr. Leach : I have two Transcendent trees that were set thirty- 

 three years ago. They stand near the house on very high and dry 

 ground, on clay soil. Those trees have never blighted during all 

 that period of thirty-three years. Then I have some more trees that 

 I set on ground a little lower and quite flat. Those trees are all 

 going up, and they might as well go. Both lots are not over ten or 

 twelve rods apart. Those that are blighted are on flat ground and 

 those that are not blighted are on very high ground. 



