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Mr. Eeeves. It has been in bearing four or five years. It has 

 only gone far enough to recommend it for trial. We wish to 

 emphasize that they are still on trial and not to be recom- 

 mended for general trial. 



Mr. Brand. How far south of this is that where you have 

 seen them grow ! 



Mr. Reeves. Forty to sixty miles south of the state line of 

 this state. It is north of the line that is understood to be the 

 south line of the region that is adapted to growing Russian 

 fruits. 



Mr. Philips. Mr. Chairman, one word in regard to that list 

 of Russian varieties. I have been on a committee in our state 

 for the past three years that have been looking up the Russians. 

 I would say that I have come to the conclusion, as well as some 

 others, that the Golden White and the White Russet are the 

 same thing. 



Mr. Brand. While many of these Russian varieties show very 

 good colored wood I have a sample of Russian wood here that is 

 comparatively perfect. This is taken from a lot of root-grafts 

 set in 1874; the trees have never been transplanted. The tree is 

 perfect to all appearance and looks better than Whitney in the 

 same row. But this tree has never produced half a bushel of 

 apples. I don't know its name, but it is a Russian and does not 

 blight. I had sixty-five varieties. They are mostly gone now. 

 I have here a sample of wood from Duchess, standing in another 

 row some forty feet distant from the first specimen. Its wood is 

 badly discolored, but it has borne many bushels of fruit and bids 

 fair to produce many bushels more. 



I wish to make this point that while many Russians show good 

 wood and look all right they are good for nothing to bear apples. 



Mr. Sias. Perhaps I ought to state in deference to Prof. Budd 

 that this list of apples that I have made out has no referrence to 

 the list presented at the meeting at Nora Springs, at which meet- 

 ing I was present. This is a list made out from my own stand- 

 point, independent of that, although there are several varieties 

 named that can be found on his list. 



Mr. Moody. I visited the Russian orchard of Mr. Moulton 

 last September. There was some one hundred and twenty Rus- 

 sian varieties at one time in bearing, but there are only about a 

 dozen varieties left now. I was greatly surprised when I ex- 

 amined those trees. They had been top-worked on Transcendent. 

 This orchard is some two miles north of this city. The orchard 

 seems to have been rather overlooked by this Society. 



