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Mr. Sias. I wintered it last winter and it stood as well as any _ 
crab. Last year was not so fair a test as some, however. — 
Mr. Kenney. Ihave bought fifty trees of it. fr 
The motion was carried ; 7 for and 2 against. 
Blight on Crabs. 
The members were called upon to state their experience with 
Blight on Crabs. 
Mr. Brand. As to Meader’s Winter, I think Mr, ‘Ten ex- 
perience is confined to his own grounds. I have fifty trees coming | 
into bearing. I saw no blight on the Orange till this year. It is 
mostly twig blight, in one instance only on the trunk. I consider 
it substantially free. The General Grant is subject to blight, but 
has never injured badly. The Early Strawberry does not blight 
to injure it. The Conical has not been injured. The Quaker 
Beauty blights worse. The Maideu’s Blush does not blight to 
injure. Aiken’s Striped Winter I do not remember to have seen 
blighted to injure. The Minnesota I have seen blighted some but 
not, on my grounds, enough to injure it. I think Mr. Jordan’s 
were on Transcendent stocks, and caught the blight from them. 
Of Palmer’s Sweet I have five bearing trees, and it has never 
blighted at all. Beecher’s Sweet I have in bearing, and it has not 
blighted with me. 
Mr. Jewell. The Minnesota is as free as any tree that ever 
lived. The only ones mentioned that blight are General Grant 
and Meader’s Winter, and the last not seriously except while 
young. The original tree stands in the vicinity of blighted trees. 
I have had Meader’s Winter three or four years old badly injured. 
The General Grant in the nursery is badly injured, butif it stands 
to eight or ten years old it will not seriously injure. The Karly 
Strawberry I have not seen to blight very much. The Quaker 
Beauty is not inclined to blight very much if away from the 
Transcendent. It stands well in the orchard and as an orchard 
tree it is safe. The Maiden’s Blush blights some but I have not 
had it badly injured. 
Meader’s Sweet Russet. 
Mr. Brand. I move toadd Meader’s Sweet Russet to the list 
of Crabs for general trial. 
Mr. Jewell. It is not equal to Beecher’s Sweet. It is not so 
productive nor of so good a quality. 
