DISCUSSION ON THE FRUIT LIST. 23 



ents. 1 have always had to fight to keep it in. and I leave it to 

 the society whether it shall be kept in or not; but if you could 

 travel over the Western plains you would recognize that it is a 

 godsend to the poor people — the only thing they have in the 

 shape of an apple is the Transcendent. 



Mr. Wedge: The Transcendent has been left out for that 

 reason. and the Virginia is so far superior to it in every way. 

 The Transcendent has done very much to defame the name of 

 apple growing in Minnesota. 



Col. Stevens: Dr. Vanderburgh had the Virginia here thirty 

 years ago. and if it takes thirty years to find out the good 

 points of an apple we might as well stick to the Transcendent. 



Mr. Smith: In the travels of this committee last summer 

 they undoubtedly saw various fruit trees in bearing, and I would 

 like to ask what per cent, in the judgment of the committee, 

 of the crabs they saw in bearing in the state, were of the varie- 

 ties in the list or Transcendents and Hyslops. 



Mr. Wedge: I will say in the first place that this committee 

 has not made up this list from its experience of this summer 

 alone by any means. So far as seeing these two varieties in 

 bearing, I did not see a Hyslop in bearing anywhere, and I do 

 not remember seeing a Transcendent in bearing anywhere. 1 

 grant that there are more Transcendents raised than any other 

 single variety of apples in the state. We are offering this list 

 as a guide to planters. I find it universal where they have 

 both varieties of crabs thej' prefer the Virginia, and from the 

 general experience we have offered this variety as an improve- 

 ment over the Transcendent. 



Mr. Harris: For a few years past the Transcendent has done 

 better in our part of the state than any other variety. I am safe 

 to say I had more Transcendents on my place than anybody 

 in Houston county I think the Virginia is certainly a better 

 tree, and better throughout, and I think it is best to leave off 

 the Transcendent. 



Mr. Pearce: We have a pesthouse for the removal of cases 

 of small pox, and if we have got any Transcendents in our or- 

 chards we ought to have a pesthouse to put them in as soon as 

 they blight, or they will contaminate the whole orchard. I am 

 top-working it now, and I think I can prevent the blight. If I 

 can do that, I shall stick to the Transcendent. 



Col. Stevens: I have stood up for the Transcendent year after 

 year. There is one thing, you cannot take it away from the 

 people of the plains; they will buy the Transcendent, if they 

 can get it. 



