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has been made of it that I am aware of. The Peerless is, a seed- 

 ling from the Duchess, grown in Rice County east of the big 

 woods. It was grown by J. G. Miller, who statas that he took 

 seeds from the Duchess and planted them. In the same orchard 

 were bearing trees of Talmon Sweet, Winesap, Fall Pippin, 

 Orange. Fameuse, Golden Russet, and a number of other va- 

 rieties. From the seeds of the Duchess he raised about two 

 hundred trees, of which number some fifteen that were trans- 

 planted survived the winter of 1873. I first saw the trees in 

 bearing in 1875. Of those remaining the apple called the Peer- 

 less is the best. Two years ago the tree bore nine baskets. I 

 exhibited some of these apples at the State Fair and was given 

 the first premium for the best apple for all purposes. I have it 

 here on exhibition and as to quality it shows for itself. 



Mr. Mcintosh. I have some seedling apples on exhibition 

 raised from apple seeds obtained at Lincoln, Mass. The tree 

 bears well and it is a winter apple. We have found the Graven- 

 stein to be the best fall apple we have. 



Mr. Gideon. I have tried them and found they won't do. 



Mr. Kramer spoke of a seedling at Hokah that looked quite 

 promising, supposed to be a seedling of Duchess, but having 

 thicker and larger leaves. 



Mr. Stubbs. While on this question I wish to call attention 

 to a seedling tree on the farm of Samuel Liedyard, near the vil- 

 lage of Long Lake, a seedling of Wealthy; it has been bearing 

 well for six years. It is of the size of Hyslop and keeps later 

 than any crab I know of. The tree is uninjured, bears every 

 year, and the limbs are loaded to the tip ends, and it seems to be 

 quite valuable for hardiness and keeping qualities. 



Mr. Kramer spoke of some seedling trees growing in Alla- 

 makee County, Iowa, that appeared to be promising as to hardi- 

 ness and good bearing qualities. 

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