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ing too much to the north, but it is healing over now, and any hardy tree 
will get sun scalded when it leans too far to the north. The fruit is mid- 
dling large and keeps up to January and has a good flavor for an eating 
apple. The Plikanaff is hardy and will stand any severe winter; a late 
fall apple of same size as the Duchess, but of better flavor. The tree 
blights some, but not badly. 
The Lieby, most of you know, the trees and the fruit, too. It blights 
some on new wood but never severely, and the tree is the hardiest of all 
the Russians. 
The Hibernal, from the Department in Washington, I call the sameas 
the Lieby. If there is any one that has had the Hibernal from the De- 
partment, I should like to know it: the Hibernal I got from Prof. Budd 
is another kind in leaves and trees. 
The Charlamoff most of you know of, both trees and fruit. It is one of 
the best eating apples of all the Russians; it blights some, but at my place 
it is a good deal hardier than the Duchess. 
The Ostrekoff Glass, from the Department, is justas hardy as the Lieby, 
and the trees and the fruit are the same. I can not see any difference, 
except it keeps a little longer. 
22m; Blushed Calville, is a very hardy tree, but blights some; a good 
and early bearer with a handsome and good flavored fruit, the same 
season as the Duchess. 
The Cross apple is a very hardy tree and don’t blight any; the fruit is 
the same size as Lieby, but better flavored and keeps until January. 
No. 9m; English Barovinka: the name is a mistake, it must be 245 
Barovinka. The trees and leaves are like the Duchess and fruit the same 
but better flavored and keeps longer. I shall plant them instead of the 
Duchess. 
387, Good Peasant: this is a hardy tree and don’t blight much; the 
fruit is middling size with good flavor, keeps until January and some 
later. 
4m; Ostrekoff Glass: this is a good deal different from that from the 
Department. The tree is hardy enough for any severe winter, but blights 
some. When I mention the blighting on so many kinds, [ will say that 
I think it depends on that 1 had too deep cultivation among the trees 
for several years: because I have have had sugar beets planted among the 
trees, and they require deep cultivation; but last spring I seeded half 
of the orchard with Alfalfa clover and on that part there was hardly 
any blight last summer. 
28m; Kluevsko: a late fall apple;the tree is hardy but blights some; toler- 
ablly arge fruit with good fiavor. 
14m; Annismovka: fruit middling size, a handsome apple and of good 
flavor. Two years ago it blighted very badly, but last summer it didn’t 
blight any at all. 
5m; Royal Table. This valuable tree I am sorry to say has blighted too 
much for two years back; last summer it blighted very little but its loca- 
tion is very bad, it is south of the granary; so I shall have to try them on 
another place because this Royal Table keeps up to April and longer. 
Prof. John Craig says that it don’t blight in Canada, and according to his 
report any tree is true to the name. 
