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those views, though the prospect was far in the future, we went to 

 work planting hardy seed, and looking the country over for hardy 

 seedlings. We have of this class of trees three varieties that have 

 gone through thirteen Minnesota winters without being injured. 

 We will give a short description of those trees and their fruit. 



THE VICTOR. 



This grew from a seed of the Tetofsky, fertilized by the 

 Duchess of Oldenburg. The tree resembles the Duchess in growth, 

 bark and leaf; but is much more hardy than the Duchess; it has been 

 tested over the Northwest and Canada, and so far as reported is 

 standing well. It is a very heavy fruiter and requires a strong and 

 rich soil to bring to perfection the unusual amount of fruit it sets. 

 The fruit grows from spurs all along the branches the same as the 

 Tetofsky; ripens about the first of September and will keep 

 several weeks; of medium size, striped and sometimes red with 

 yellow ground; of a very pleasant sub-acid quality for eating. 

 Good judges at our numerous fairs say it is of the best. We have 

 fruited this variety six years. 



BONKRY, 



An Indian word and signifies big. This is a true hybrid grown 

 from the seed of a small cherry crab fertilized by the Duchess. 

 The tree is as hardy as the Transcendent and has never blighted, 

 and like the Victor has been well tested and stands wherever 

 planted on good soil. The tree is a beautiful and rapid grower. 

 Some of my three year old trees made a growth last season of 

 nearly four feet. It fruits as heavy as the Transcendent, commenc- 

 ing at three and four years. The fruit is about as large as the 

 Transcendent, and more flat than round; color a deep red or scar- 

 let, handsome beyond description, very juicy, sub acid, with no crab 

 quality. It will keep a month or longer after ripening. It come3 

 into season just after the Transcendent is gone and fills a very 

 important period when everybody wants crabapples and are ready 

 to pay a good price. When this hybrid becomes well known, be- 

 yond doubt a great demand for the trees will arise. 



ARCTIC. 



From what seed this tree grew we do not know. The tree is 

 ten years old. About 12 inches in diameter a foot above the ground; 

 it sends out long branches three feet from the ground and has a large 

 spreading open top about fourteen feet in diameter. It has every ap- 

 pearance of being perfectly sound and has borne a heavy crop of good 

 apples for four years. Last season ten bushels of apples were 

 picked from it. If this tree after producing such a tremendous 

 crop, survives the winter and comes out healthy in the spring, we 

 shall consider it the most valuable of all our apple trees. On 

 this we will report in due time. We have several other seedlings 

 that are hardy and do not injure, that have not fruited. 



RUSSIANS. 



We have what is considered the cream of those varieties. They 

 appear to be perfectly hardy. Some have blighted. We have 



