MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 9 
‘THE VARIETIES OF APPLES TO Cart tht aay IN OUR STATE. 
‘The order of business was next taken up, and discussion | com- 
menced on the second subject of the morning programme. 
Mr: Jewell made some interesting remarks on the subject of re- 
commending fruit trees for general cultivation, and then offered 
the following resolution, which was adopted : 
Resolved, That we do not recommend for general planting, in large 
quantities, any variety not generally known, and that has not stood a test 
of five years. 
Messrs. Jewell, Moody and Brand were appointed a committee to 
- prepare a list of fruits to be recommended by the Society, and or- 
dered to report in the afternoon. The third order of business was 
referred to the same committee. 
BLIGHT—ITS CAUSE AND TREATMENT. 
The fourth order, the subject of blight, was next taken up, and a 
long and running discussion ensued. 
Mr. Jewell said he had had a great deal of experience on the sub- 
ject of blight, but he professed to know very little about it. In fact, 
the more experience he had, the less he knew about it. The Trans- 
cendent was very subject to.blight, and for his part he would not 
allow them to grow near other better varieties. 
Peter M. Gideon, of Excelsior, Hennepin county, remarked he had 
tried almost every variety of apples. He was the originator of the 
Wealthy. Many kinds had blighted with him—the Duchess as well 
as the Transcendent. But to reject all that have been atfected by 
blight would be, he thought, to reject many of our hardiest varieties. 
The blight had passed over the country three times, coming, it is 
said from Europe. In this country it had been more destructive 
than in the old country. In Germany and France trees 150 years 
old have been killed. He could not explain the nature and cause of 
its destructive power. The Siberian and Crab he considered a God- 
send to the Northwest. Many crabs in his vicinity had stood the 
blight pretty well. Keeping the roots in good condition will repair 
any breaches the winter may make, and as for the blight, he doubted 
not a remedy will eventually be found. 
Mr. Dartt’s experience was that crabs were more subject to blight 
than other varieties. He had various varieties mixed together ; 
some escaped, others were affected. As compared with others, the 
Duchess was quite free from the disease. His Tetofskys were very 
badly blighted near the Transcendent. So were several rows of 
crabs. As a stock for grafting, he should choose anything else ra- 
ther than the Transcendent; had tried it in many instances. 
Judge Baker, of Groveland, Ramsey county, had some couple of 
hundred Transcendent trees and had never seen blight upon them, 
It was true they had been affected in Minneapolis and some other 
parts of the State, but it would not be well to discard them. If t hey 
could not raise crabs they might as well give up apple culture. He 
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