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not for alltime. I think there are some seedlings coming that 
will take the places of some of those mentioned, but for today, 
with the tria] they have had, I think those designated are the 
best we have. 
Prof. Green: What about the Malinda? 
Mr. Harris: The Malinda is a great fruiter. 
Mr. O. F.. Brand: I would recommend the Peerless, the 
Duchess and the Wealthy; beyond that I could not go. 
Mr. Dartt: Iam rather gratified to be able to put in my list, 
because it gives me an opportunity of criticizing the whole 
crowd. (Laughter.) Now, many years ago, a good many years 
ago, before the hard winter of 1884-5, I had a great lot of Weal- 
thy trees. I had great faith in that variety, and I put in about 
eight hundred trees, and some of them, the oldest, bore as much 
as a bushel of apples to the tree, but the hard winter of 1884-5 
cleaned out every tree; there was not one left. I have not got 
a single tree now of the whole stock that is standing on the 
original stem. Of course, I grubbed out agreat many of them, 
generally putting Duchess in their place, and on some of them 
I allowed the sprouts to grow, and they have come on and 
made trees, and they have grown quite a quantity of apples. 
If we could be sure of not having another hard winter that 
would clean them all out, I should not be so much opposed to rec- 
ommending the Wealthy for general cultivation and sticking to 
it, but we have had a great many mild winters, and all of these 
varieties that have been so very promising have not had the 
test of a hard winter—some of them, at least—and they will he 
liable to go out when the test comes. Iam at a loss to know 
what to put in there instead of the Wealthy. Therearea great 
many seedlings that are very promising, and in my tests of 
over one hundred varieties it is a difficult matter for me to say 
which is best, so I think I will decline to answer the question. 
The President: What in your opinion are the best five var- 
ieties of apples for Minnesota? Mr. Dartt is superintending a 
station down there where he is trying a great many varieties 
for Minnesota, and I am sure he is so close an observer that he 
has made up his mind which are the best five varieties. 
Mr. Dartt: I have not made up my mind which are the best 
five varieties, but from my knowledge up to the present time 
my opinion would rather favor the Duchess first, and then I 
am inclined to think the Hibernal would come next; first the 
Duchess, then the Hibernal, then some of the Russians. The 
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