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October. — Supposed Siberian hybrid; size very large, 4 (by apple 

 scale); form round, slightly angular; color greenish-yellow, mostly 

 covered with marblings and stripes of red; stem long in a medium 

 cavity; calyx partly open in a small, shallow, wrinkled basin; flesh 

 nearly white; flavor pleasant acid, good; season, October or earlier. 

 Originated by Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior, Minn. 



Red Cloud. —Size 5 (bj^ apple scale), or full medium; form round- 

 ish; color clouded a light and dark red over a j^ellow ground; stem 

 long and slender; cavity rather broad, medium deep; calyx open in 

 a medium wrinkled basin; core medium, half open; flesh fine- 

 grained, white, often stained with red, tender and juicy; flavor 

 aromatic sub-acid; quality very good. Origin, seedling by Otto 

 Wasserzieher, Bay Lake, Minn. 



Baj^ Lake Siveet. — Size 5; form round conic; color yellow, mar- 

 bled and striped with red on sun side and showing numerous small 

 gray dots; stetn very long and slender, set in a regular, rather 

 broad, medium deep cavity; calyx closed in a medium, nearly 

 smooth basin; flesh white, fine-grained, firm; flavor sweet; season, 

 winter. Origin, same as Red Cloud. 



Prolitic Seedling. — Size 2, or very large if it is a Siberian hybrid; 

 form round oval; color pale greenish-yellow and blush; stem med- 

 ium in a narrow angular cavity; calyx closed in a smallish, corru- 

 gated basin;- flesh yellowish - white, firm, a little tough; flavor a 

 pleasant acid; season, winter. Origin, Bay Lake, Minn. 



Blush Seedling. — Size 3; form cylindrical, slightly conic; color a 

 greenish-yellow with a brownish blush and striped cheek; stem 

 medium long; cavity broad and slightly angular; calyx small, 

 closed basin, broad, shallow and much wrinkled; flesh yellowish, 

 nearly fine, hard, juicy; mild acid flavor; core rather large; season, 

 winter. Origin, Bay Lake, Minn. 



Three of the Miller seedlings were exhibited under names and 

 they can be hereafter recognized as follows : 



Miller's Proli&c. — Size 4, or about medium; form roundish-ob- 

 lique; color greenish-yellow with light stripes and splashes of red 

 on sun side; stem rather long in a broad, greenish cavity; calyx, 

 closed basin, angular, medium deep; flesh yellowish-white, tender, 

 juicy; flavor acid, slightlj^ sub-acid; season, October. Origin, Rice 

 Co., by Geo. Miller. 



Miller's Greening. — Size 5; form roundish-ovate, angular; color 

 greenish-yellow with blush cheek and thickly specked with small 

 gray dots on sun side; stem short and stout; cavity luedium deep, 

 russeted; calyx large, half open; basin narrow, rather abrupt, med- 

 ium deep and ribbed; flesh yellow, nearly fine; flavor sub-acid, 

 good; season, early winter. Origin, Rice Co. 



Miller's Pippin. —Size. 5: form round conical, angular, or five- 

 sided, and slightly ribbed at the top; color yellow in shade, deep 

 red on sun side, and the skin quite thickly covered with grayish 

 dots; stem medium long; cavity rather broad, slightly russeted at 

 bottom; calyx open in a narrow, deep, ribbed basin; flesh yellowish- 

 white, half fine; flavor mild sub-acid; quality only fair; season, Oc- 

 tober or earlier. Origin, Rice Co., Minn. 



