454 ANNUAL REPORT 



The show of flowers and ornamental plants was fine and 

 chiefly made by Mrs. Nesbet, of Eochester, John Wonder, and 

 Smith & Darling, of Winona. The display of vegetables was 

 much better than at the state fair, and the first i)rizes were 

 sharply contested for. The great variety and superior quality 

 of the corn exhibit would convince the most skeptical that this 

 has been a remarkable corn year, and that this country is pe- 

 culiarly adapted to perfecting this valuable grain. 



J. S. H. 



La Crescent, Minn. 



RUSSIAN APPLES. 



Wm. Toole, one of the substantial farmers of Sauk county, 

 Wis., writing to The Farmer, St. Paul, on the subject of ''Rus- 

 sian Apples, " says: 



In the Russian orchard of A. G. Tuttle, Baraboo, Wisconsin, 

 there are more than eighty varieties set apart by themselves, and 

 the greater part are now bearing. We have dropped the term 

 "Ironclad" in this part of the world, and hardy as the Duch- 

 ess is now our degree of comparison, though hardy as the Weal- 

 thy, if proved, is enough to make a variety acceptable here on 

 the scale of hardiness. That Mr. Tuttle has dozens of varieties 

 here as hardy as the Duchess, no one can doubt after seeing the 

 healthy foliage, smooth, glossy trunks, and making comparison 

 on the same grounds with all of the leading ironclads in various 

 stages of age and growth. Mr. Tuttle said that he would have 

 been well satisfied to have found amongst them a dozen varieties 

 worthy of keeping, but there are so many good ones that it 

 would be difficult to cut down the list of best to less than twice 

 that number. While we were passing through the orchard, 

 some notes of varieties were jotted down at random as follows: 



Lord's A j)ple or Arabsko, a great bearer, fine showy apple, 

 good quality, will keep till May. Glass Green, a late Duchess, 

 very handsome tree, heavy bearer, but not as soon as Duchess to 

 ripen. Lone Turnip, a sweet apple, ripe early in August. Low- 

 land Raspberry, a medium sized, very handsome apple, the best 

 of quality, ripens middle of August. Tetofskj^ , a very large showy 

 apple ripening in autumn. Barloff", a sweet variety of good 

 quality; early winter. Juicy White, not quite as early as Trans- 

 parent, very juicy. Golden White, medium, large and hand- 



