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seem, to block oar i»ry?igre«: and putullj hed^ up oar w^r. We scaroelj need to 

 call atlentiOB here to vtnt kas been accomplished, or bring to mind the tedious 

 proee^es bj vhich ve have eeemed the present rantage groaad. Ton knov fol] 

 well the Tateec^ 



OCK XCnSBSOtA SKE&USQS AXD WW ^Af.iim "OOS CXAOS." 



It voald be dUficolt to estimate the time and mooer spent originating healthj. 

 kudjr trees, and sach Tarieties as voald withrtand sererest tests of ererr kiiMl, and 

 stiD affoid as finiit of pleasing qaafitj, of proper ssie and keeping merits. In this 

 icgaurd ve have not tih attained oar object foUjr althoogh much progress has been 

 made. Tlte merits <^ oar Wealthr a{^e are much extolled abroad; we prondlj 

 point to that and manj other home-grown sorts, of less or greater promise. Bat 

 still it b an <qien qaestion how £u- we mar pg c e e ed in propagating MInneBota seed- 

 liage, a sabject wdl deBerringdoGeinTeBtigation opon the part of aD, and one which 

 mar elicit lamA and profitaUe discaBaoa aft this sesaioa. 



We wish to call attention briefljr to the sabject of the ptopagalion ot Rosaian 

 varieties of af^lefi, and to review the testimonj, to some extent, for and *ff«"»«t 

 their introdndion. It seeaaB to as this is one of the aaost important aabjects which 

 can be broa^t b^ore this mrrting for oar comartrtalion. 



Mach intnest has been shown Ot late, bj manj p e iao n fc in priwing all the infor- 

 mation to be had coBceming the adaptation of these froita, both to oar soil and 

 cfimate. The merits of the so-called new Bnssian sorts, hare been andnlr magnified 

 bj sosne. while thejr hare been condemned iq»on the part of otheta^ All the dis- 

 fimmti^ on this sabject hnve takaa a wide lange; we cannot siUip to gire mote 

 tkui a pt[«F*»e notice to whal has leeenlljr been said and written in regard to intzo- 

 daciag BaGsian frnits. It woald seeaa qidte iaqiortant at this time, howerer, that 

 we shoald cxntoBj r-—*"^ opon the eridenoe, pro and con, in oider that we majr 

 detennine what the trae fiacts are in the fatnre and act accordingly. 



Upom this sabject if the eomparatire merits of Bnnwian raijftiea of apples, we 

 may refer to the disenssians had aft the annnal oMWiring of the Btafte Hottictiltaial 

 Societrcf (Mdo In ISSi, wheie the question of "'peadicalespeiieBcewithBaaBian 

 a|!f)les'' was under eonsMleratian. It was contended on the part of some vi the 

 Membexs of the societT thaft for the diaaafte of Ohio, and especialljr as far as the 

 frmft growing regions of the Western Besorre were concerned, thaft the growing of 

 ||^iyfT» 'fT*** — *" vntnf fmu mr r Othos took the positiuQ and aigned strennoasl r 

 in Canv ot planting and giring tkem a thorongh triaL 1ft was riaimrd thaft in 

 centisl <^k» thejr hnd withstood the stone, snow> and frosts for ten yeais past, 

 ^fthooK aaalcrial in jniy, where manr orehaids were pr^ociag thoosands of boshels 

 of tkese applBB,aB fine as are to be fioond in the market^ while at the same time 

 manr of the Tf«*»»g native raiielies had been entirelr dc Bti o y ed. 



Xr. fiy— «!*■«, preeuent irf the Ontario f^nit Gsowets Aaeociatian, and Mr. 

 Bendle, a weaaber of that socie^, being pacBenft. took paitin thefiscasaoo referred 

 to, SMi were caned npon to relate their Experience with Bnaritn apples la Can a d a 



P f w ciipairtr flir"«t— « taid : ""Oar pnxpoee in intrcdocing the BiaiiMin appks is not 

 to gire tkesa to the people who can grow the better an>le^ baft to those onlj who 

 i«Bde where the conunoe r^&rieues wi!! no; succ ee d: -tad I can easOr ondentand 



