178 ANNUAL REPORT. 
‘ _ Rollins’ Pippin. 
Tree vigorous, straight and hardy, fruit large, color yellow, fine- 
grained, flesh tender and delicious. Season, October to May. 
Elgin Beauty. 
Said to be more hardy than Duchess of Oldenburg; medium 
grower ; straight and handsome ; fruit medium size; color, streaked 
with red on yellow ground; flesh sometimes of a pinkish color, 
tender, moderately juicy, with a rich, sub-acid flavor; season, No- 
vember to March. 
Wabasha. 
Tree a strong grower; fruit medium size; flesh tender, sprightly, 
with a pleasant, acid flavor. This variety has fruited every season 
since the hard winter of ’72, and the tree looks remarkably well; 
season, December to March. 
Fiollins’ Prolific. 
Moderate grower; hardy, an abundant bearer; fruit size of Fa- 
meuse ; splendid for culinary purposes, as tart as the R. I. Green- 
ing, which it somewhat resembles in color, size and quality, but 
hardly as rich in flavor; season, January to March. 
Spice Sour. 
This tree, although believed to be fully as hardy as the St. Law- 
rence, is doubtlesss less hardy than either of the six varieties above 
described. Fruit medium, or below; flesh moderately juicy, tender, 
with a pleasant, aromatic flavor; season, December to April. 
The seven varieties above named all originated with O. V. Rol- 
lins, Elgin, Wabasha county, Minn. 
Fameuse Crab ° 
originated with A. W. Sias, Rochester, Minn. Tree handsome; 
stocky grower; apparently as hardy as Transcendent. Winter of 
°72-3 had no more effect upon it than the very mildest winters since it 
first started from the seed seven years ago. All the lower branches 
of this tree start out exactly at right angles with the trunk, or body 
of the tree, extend some ten inches, then gradually turn upward. 
Fruit size of Transcendent; color, bright, glossy red cheek, with 
shaded side nearly white; sub-acid flavor, wholly destitute of as- 
tringency ; flesh white, quality good ; season, December to Febru- 
ary, (or possibly later, as it bore this year for the first time.) 
