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Arabia and Patten’s Greening are very promising, and the 
Okabena has grown well the past season. 
The President: My experience with the Wealthy was sim 
iliar to that of Mr. Dartt, but it was not the fault of the Weal- 
thy, it was my own. I put the Wealthy first in the list. 
Mr. Lord: All my varieties went through the same process 
as mentioned by Mr. Dartt, but they have sprouted and grown 
bushels and bushels of apples since. 
Mr. A. K. Bush: I would like to know if there is a man here 
who has half a dozen or a dozen of Wealthy trees that are sound 
clear to the top. If there is any one here who has one dozen 
sound Wealthy trees, sound from the trunk clear up to the top, 
from the first growth, that have been that way for the pie 
twelve years, I would like to hear from him. 
Mr. S. D. Richardson: As I understand it Mr. Bush wants 
to know if anyone has sound Wealthy trees over twelve years 
old. Mine are all young trees, and they would not come with- 
in that question, but if the gentleman will come to our neigh- 
borhood I can show him orchards of such trees that are bear- 
ing hundreds of bushels. 
Mr. Bush: There are some men in the world who can do more 
in a year than some can do ina life time. I can compare the 
Wealthy in the same way. I know a little Wealthy orchard 
which pays the party who owns it interest on $3500, or about 
half what he would have to pay for a quarter section of land. 
Mr. Robinson: I wish to say to the gentleman who asked if 
any one had a dozen or more trees more than twelve years old, 
perfectly sound from top to bottom, that I have such trees. I 
planted them myself and worked them, and I know today they 
are growing well and perfectly sound. There are some thirty 
of them, and they are thirteen years old. 
Mr. Wedge: I think Mr. Bush made a good point in ‘asking 
that question in regard to twelve Wealthy trees twelve 
years old. The Wealthy, since it comes into bearing very 
quickly, becomes diseased in some particular, frequently by 
blight. I know ten or twelve years ago you could not persuade 
friend Harris to recommend the Wealthy, because he thought 
it was avery poor tree for our section. My choice would be 
the Duchess, Wealthy, Hibernal, Patten’s Greening and Long- 
field. I would not like to drop the Duchess and Hibernal, the 
only ones that stood the test of 1884.5. 
Mr. Bush: I donot want this society to understand that I 
am against the Wealthy; it is the best apple I raise, but it de- 
