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crab which is the least colored of anything I have seen — probably a 

 seedling of the Transcendent, and the fruit a. little larger; probably not 

 much more valuable if any, than the Transcendent. Small fruits are 

 all one could expect. We can do nothing up there with blackberries, 

 except by laying them down. Raspberries were hurt a good deal. 

 Currants, gooseberries and strawberries are a very fine crop. 



Mr. Kramer. Mr, President, I had a letter from the Secretary ask- 

 ing me to give a report of my seedling apple trees, and as I had no 

 time to write I thought I would net make him the trouble to read 

 my poor writing or write it all over again for me. So I was induced 

 to come up myself and 1 will give you the report so far as I can. [ 

 sent the Secretary this spring some specimens of my seedling apples. 

 I generally think that one can tell more by the taste than by the looks 

 what fruit is good for. I have been sowing seed for a good many 

 years and have received a good many apples, but must say to you that 

 the nicest ones are ejitirely gone I think. Three or four trees are 

 coming out, I wont say all right, but within the last two weeks have 

 commenced growing and I think will recover. I have half a dozen 

 younger trees that look well; some of the shoots have grown a foot 

 and a half. They were hurt worse than I thought at first. Of the 

 older trees there is not one that has recovered except the crabs, and 

 the Duchess and Tetofsky, of course; the crabs I don't call apples. 

 It )s our duty to go on and try again; if one tree kills out we should 

 set another and after awhile we will succeed, that is if we all try. If 

 we plant the good seed, as the scripture says, the same with the apple 

 as with the strawberry, we will have an apple and a strawberry for 

 our use after awhile. The older trees are all gone, and we can't de- 

 pend on the Duchess and Tetofsky. The applesdon't keep long enough; 

 they only keep long enough to take them from the tree into the mouth, 

 and that is the last of them. We must try and find something better. 



Mr. Pearce. I would like to say one word in regard to a fruit re- 

 port. I don't suppose there is anyone more interested in fruit grow- 

 ing in the State than I am. I had as fine an orchard as anyone and 

 had about 4,000 trees and which I valued at five dollars a tree. Fully 

 two-thirds of them are virtually dead and the prospect is not encour- 

 aging. At the same time those trees, many of them, will recover and 

 produce fruit. They are reviving and I find that young shoots are 

 coming up which in three years will bear fruit. I have probably 200 

 seedlings and nearly that many varieties. Among them I have 

 one variety of excellent quality that fruited last year; it is early and 



