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Mr. Smith. 1 would like to inquire about No. 190, known a8 

 the Tiesenhausen. 



Mr. Tuttle. It is a late keeper; it is of good quality and in 

 form like the Ben Davis. Prof. Budd, when he returned from 

 Europe, gave out the idea that the apples that I had were not 

 the true Eussiau apples, but were German and coast apjjles. 

 Well, I happened to have pretty much all the kiiids he men- 

 tioned and among the varieties I have are the five varieties of 

 the Anis. I have taken pains to get the best, and Mr. Gibb, of 

 Quebec, says, after looking over my orchard and examining my 

 Russian apples in my orchard, that I have nearly every variety 

 of value. At that time he held out the idea that my apples were 

 not adapted to Minnesota; but I guess, perhaps, he has now 

 given that up. I have had a little controversy with him. The 

 fact of the matter is that Dr. Reed, in collecting those fruits for 

 the United States, did very thorough work, and he selected ap- 

 ples which were grown throughout the whole of Russia. 



Mr. Sias. I would inquire if you have fruited the Red 

 Black ? 



Mr. Tuttle. No. sir; I have not. 



Mr. Sias. I have a specimen here I would like to show you. 



Mr. Tuttle. I would like to say a word about the Repka, on 

 account of its late keeping, and which Messrs. Elwanger and 

 Barry highly recommend. With me it is a late keeper and 

 seems to be of very great value. My trees stand on June grass 

 sod and have stood there for five or six years, but have borne 

 every year; the past year they bore a very heavy crop. 



I wish to say here that T would rather be the originator of the 

 Wealthy apple than to hold the highest office in this State. It 

 has done more for the Wisconsin Horticultural Society than any- 

 thing that has ever been done. 



Mr. Smith. Is it not your opinion that these seedlings show 

 better characteristics as to shipping and keeping qualities than 

 the average of the Russians? 



Mr. Tuttle. I do not think that a promiscuous lot of seedlings 

 would show equal keeping qualities. We have very few Rus- 

 sian varieties that are not better keepers than the Duchess. 

 According to one authority the Longfield will keep as well as 

 the Snow apple, and we call the Snow apple pretty good. 



Now, I am not advertising these ai)j)les myself; in fact, many 

 of these new kinds I haven't got in the nursery at all, that is, I 

 have none for sale. Until Mr. Gibb came to my place there 



