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more of au Iron Clad thau the Rollins Pippin. The Giant Swaar 

 is generally supposed to be a seedling of Olmsted County, but I 

 am sorry to say it is not. It was brought into this county when 

 it was a yearling from Wisconsin, andlirst fruited by John R. 

 Williams of Viola townshiij. The last of these hard working 

 pioneer seedling growers will soon disappear, but they will be 

 kindly remembered by succeeding generations, who follow to 

 enjoy their fruits. But I must say in justice to our friend Peter 

 M. Gideon that, after all that has been said, it remains a mooted 

 question whether, all things considered, there is anything to 

 successfully compete with the seedlings of Hennej^in County. 



A. W. SiAS. 



Mr, Sias stated, in regard to the Brett seedling, that the vari- 

 ety stands upon the recommendation of the originator, Mr. C. 

 H. Brett, of Mankato, who has no personal interest in the mat- 

 ter at all, having sold the place where they were originated some 

 two years ago. He said he did not wish to recommend them 

 himself at present. 



Mr. Sias. I will say that Mr. Brett is getting to be i^retty old 

 and does not write a very plain hand. I would say, also, that I 

 am acquainted with Mr. Harroon, whose farm is south of the vil- 

 lage of Dover, and think I sold him the trees that bore the ap- 

 ples that Mr. Brett bought. It is called the Gray Russet, but I 

 think it must have been the Golden Russet. It resembles the 

 Gray Russet very closely. His Russets are mostly the Golden 

 Russet. In regard to the Waldron seedling, I would say that 

 Mr. Waldron, who originated it, died during the present month, 

 aged about seventy-five years. I visited Mr. Waldron about the 

 first of last October, and at that time his seedling trees were still 

 loaded with fruit. He helped me to get a good show of fruit for 

 the exhibit at l^ew Orleans and for this meeting. He stated that 

 he thought the seedlings were from the Fameuse. The Forster 

 seedling should claim a share of our attention. 



Mr. A. Peterson, of Waconia. I had not intended to report, 

 but will make a short report as my friend from Carver County 

 has done so. There is a seedling in that county which promises 

 well. I have not seen the tree for two years, but I heard last 

 fall that it was as sound as ever, and the fruit three years ago 

 kept until March; it is not extra quality and is of medium size. 

 There is another seedling and a sample was brought here of the 

 fruit; but I don't believe the tree is hardy enough for our cli- 

 mate up there. That is all that I could say about seedlings. 



