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Mr. Sias. I guess that is a little out of order. 

 Mr. Gibbs. It is the Peterson trees we are talking about, and the 

 proper thing to do is to recommend Lieby. 



Mr. Brand. I saw Mr. Petersou's trees in September. He showed 

 me what he called Ostrokoff Glass, Hibernal and Lieby. On a care- 

 ful inspection I could see no difference in them, or not as much as you 

 will find in a similar number of Duchess. 



Mr. Gibbs. He has no doubt followed the labels that he received 

 with the trees. Ostrokoff Glass is a small, ordinary greenish apple; 

 the one he calls Ostrokoff has large stripes and is a coarse grained 

 apple. There is very little if any difference in the varieties on the 

 grounds of Mr. Peterson. 



The motion was lost. 



Mr. Latham moved to recommend the Lieby in place of Hibernal for 

 general cultivation. Carried. 



Mr. Luedloff was called upon to state what success he had with Os- 

 trokoff. 



Mr. Luedloff said he had two kinds of trees. They were different 

 from Hibernal. Part of them were received of Prof. Budd. They 

 are the same as Mr. Peterson's, having smooth wood and the same 

 kind of leaf, which is glossy. One kind from Prof. Budd has a sort 

 of woolly leaf. 



Mr. Dartt. How many bushels have you ever raised? 



Mr. Luedloff said his trees had not borne every year, but they were 

 perfectly hardy. He had thirty or forty Russian varieties that were 

 looking well, while all his old native trees were dead. He had plant- 

 ed about one hundred and sixty of the new Russian varieties. 



President Elliot inquired if he had auy young trees for sale. 



Mr. Luedloff replied that he had, but he said it was not always 

 proper to recommend them. Strawberries may do well in some places 

 and grapes may grow well in the garden, while in other places they 

 may fail. So it is with the apple; one kind of apple may do in one 

 garden and f.iil entirely in another. When we find a kind that is 

 hardy, that is the kind we want to erow. After all this is experi- 

 mental work, and every man must experiment for himself. 



Mr. Harris said he had received four trees of Ostrokoff Glass from 

 Prof. Budd, which had not yet fruited, but they had stood the last 

 hard winters better than anything else he had. 



Mr. Dartt. Does it stand any better than Ben Davis at the same 

 age? That variety was apparently hardy when the trees were small. 

 We had some easy winters when I had Ben Davis. I don't believe in 



