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Col. Stevens. The boot is on the other foot; the orchard has 

 not been overlooked by the Society, but the owner has overlooked 

 the Society. 



Mr. Moody. I am speaking of the results since it has been a 

 nursery. 



Secretary Hillman. It is found by experience that the practice 

 of top -working Russians on the Transcendent is usually a failure. 



Mrs. Campbell. Mr. President, I notice the gentleman in 

 speaking of Russians speaks of the Duchess; do you not consider 

 it a Russian? 



President Elliot. We do. 



Mr. Brand. Mr. President, not by all the authorities; Col. 

 D. A. Robertson is the only man that I know of who is willing 

 to admit that he has carefully traced its origin, and he says the 

 Duchess originated in Sweden. 



Col. Stevens. Does not Prof. Budd say that he saw it in 

 Russia? 



Mr. Brand. Prof. Budd stated that when he was at Kazan, in 

 writing from there, that he had doubts about Duchess being a 

 true Russian, he says that he saw varieties that resembled it very 

 much. When he got on the Volga at Zimbursk he writes: "I 

 do not find the true Duchess here." 



Mr. Sias. I understand Prof. Budd claims now the Duchess 

 to be of Russian origin. I saw something to that effect in a late 

 report. 



Mr. Reeves. Prof. Budd only assumed, in the article referred 

 to. Duchess to be Russian, but admits he could not find the proof 

 of it. He states that he found an apple at one time in Russia 

 that he and Mr. Gibb both pronounced to be Duchess, but on 

 tasting it found it to be a sweet apple, which was the closest he 

 came to finding the Duchess in Russia. 



The following paper was then read by Mr. Harris: 



RUSSIAN APPLES. 



By J. 8. Harris, La Orescent. 



I am frequently asked the question what do you think of the 

 New Russian apples? 

 The species of apples successfully cultivated in the older settled 



