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Mr. Brand. Yes, I had Haas and Saxton, Talmon^Sweet, Fa- 

 meuse, the Willow Twig, and a good many more. My experience 

 is that trees stand very well and after beginning to bear at the age 

 of eight to twelve years are killed out, and the Russians likewise. 

 They may do well for awhile but after they begin to bear and the 

 vitality is reduced they are unable to stand the winters as well 

 as when four or five years old. 



Mr. Corlett. We had all the leading varieties mentioned and 

 in the last three years we have grubbed up a thousand trees; 

 some of our Haas trees were nearly a foot in diameter. 



Mr. Dartt. It occurs to me we lose time when we place much 

 dependence upon the hardiness of a tree here because it is hardy 

 in a favorable locality in Wisconsin or in Iowa. This location 

 described by Mr. Corlett is probably a favorable one. It is near 

 the Mississippi Valley, it is a hill country. The fact that the 

 Russians have done well four or five years is not evidence to my 

 mind that they are hardy, because we know that the Ben. Davis, 

 for instance, did well in that section for several years, which is 

 known to be a tender variety. Thirty years ago when in Wis- 

 consin I raised apples, and I know something about their seed- 

 lings. Mr. Tuttle's location is similar to the one I had there. I 

 could raise most any of the standard ajiples, but when I hear it 

 said that we can grow those seedlings here in exposed situations 

 I think it is but a waste of time. I brought some of the hardiest 

 seedlings I could find to Owatonna, but they are all gone; all 

 there is left is the Duchess. 



Mr. Corlett. We had Utter's Red, Northwestern Greening, 

 McMahon White, Wolf River; they are all dead. 



Mr. Brand. I wish to add that I have eight or ten Duchess 

 that have been planted twenty years this spring, which look 

 good for as many years more. 



Mr. Dartt. When I said all were gone but the Duchess it was 

 a little too sweeping, for I,have the Lieby, that looks well and 

 has borne some apples. What I wanted to say was that I had 

 nothing on which I placed dependence outside the Duchess. 



Mr. Harris then presented the following report as delegate to 

 the meeting of the Dakota Horticultural Society: 

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