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Mrynesors Srare HorricutturaL Sociery. 55 
PewavkeEsz, Wis., Dac. 30th, 1878. 
Thanks for Transactions of State Horticultural Society of Minnesota for 1878. 
I find them interesting. Have you ours for 1878? If not let us know. 
Mr. Gideon's Wealthy is the hardiest and best tree and fruit for the North- 
west. Duchess the same except the fruit. I have fruited Wealthy now six 
years in succession, and it is getting better every year; have not lost any trees 
by blight, except the first year, in nursery rows; set my first scions in 1870; top 
grafted Wealthy and Molly on one tree; also Utter’s Red on same tree, twelve 
grafts each. Molly bore fruit first, but has proved rather shy in bearing; fruit 
uregular, sweet, has black spots and is worthless with me. Wealthy improves 
by age, as for size and also quality. We got it the second on our recommended 
first hardy list, and Plumb’s Cider taken off and put on the last or sixth. In 
Pomological Society’s session for 1877, it is with 2* for Wisconsin. Hope you 
will send a delegate to Nashville, fall of 1879, and see to it, as it is the worthiest 
of all 4or extreme Northwest, all things considered. 
Cordially, 
GEO. P. PEFFER. 
West Sauem, Wis., Jan. 16th, 1879. 
Prof. C. Y. Lacy, Minnepolis, Minn.: 7 
Dear Srr:—Until within a few days past I had intended to have been present 
at your annual meeting, but press of business prevents me. I have always anti- 
- cipated a pleasant time at your meeting, and neveras yet have been disappointed. 
The Wealthy. 
I am indebted to your society for many valuable experiences, and to one of your 
former members, the late lamented P. A. Jewell of Lake City, for severul valua- . 
ble varieties grown in Minnesota, the most valued of whick is the Wealthy, with 
which I am much pleased. I had some very fine fruit the past season grown on 
trees set in the spring of 1876. Trees two years old when set. I urged the adop- 
tion last winter of a resolution at our Wiconsin meeting placing the Wealthy on 
our list of five hardiest varieties, and was gratified to see it placed there before 
the meeting closed. My Wealthy apples attracted much attention at our State 
fair last fall. They were fine. I hada very satisfactory crop of fruit the past 
season, my high location escaping the frost entirely. 
Premiums. 
I feel a great interest in the proceedings and discussions of your society, and 
thinking some of you might feel some interest in my progress, I give you a list 
of premiums awarded to my fruit.at our State fair in 1878. I think there were 
fourteen competitors from the ebstern and southern portions of our State. I 
speak of this to show that I still have faith in my location and soil. First I took 
second premium on best show, not to exceed thirty varieties. First, on best ten 
varieties adapted to Northwest. First on best five varieties adapted to Northwest. 
First on best ten winter varieties. First on best five varieties winter. Second 
on best ten varieties showy apples. First on best display of crab apples. 
