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that the large dissemiDation of Rassiau apples among rour people of Ohio is more 

 likely to result in injury than benefit." 



Mr. Beadle stated that his observation and experience had taught him to make 

 haste sIcwIt in propagating Russian apples and not to embark in the enterprise by 

 the whole^e. Where such standard apples as the Baldwin. Ben Davis, Rhode 

 Island Greening, the Russet and other familiar varieties could ';e grown, there was 

 no occasion to make a change, they were more highly flavored, more valuable in 

 every way than any of the Russian apples that he had seen. So far as his observa- 

 tion had gone they were not as highly flavored ;\s the American apples. He recom- 

 mended, however, the growing of Russian apples in portions of that state where 

 the summers are dry and very hot, and the winters are cold and dry. Among the 

 varieties which had succeeded well in the vicinity of Otuwa. he mentioned the 

 Alexander, Red Astrachan, Duchess and Yellow Transparent. In this connection 

 he mentions the Wealthy as being originated by Mr. Gideon, of Minnesota, and a 

 variety that had succeeded well with them, and thought it would take the place of 

 the Rildwin in places where that variety would not grow abundantly. 



-Mr. Albaugh, a nurseryman, who had had twenty-six years' experience in the 

 3Iiami Valley, stated that there were more fruit trees grown in that valley than in 

 any other diameter of twenty miles in the world, and that the Duchess succeeded 

 tfiere first rate, also Yellow Transparent, for an early variety. He advised planting 

 plenty of the new Russian varieties, :\s they withstood the rigors of the climate 

 when the old varieties would not. 



The fruit growers of Kansas seem quite averse to recommending Russian varieties 

 of apples, judging from action taken by the Horticultural Society of that state. At 

 the semi-annual meeting of that society, held in June, 1SS4, a resolution was 

 adopted to the effect that none of the Russian apples are worthy of cultivation, ex- 

 cept the Duchess, Red Astrachan and Tetofsky, which should only be planted 

 sparingly for family use. One speaker quoted Prof. J. L. Budd, of Iowa, one of 

 the very best authorities upon this subject, as having written him as follows: 

 "Where such fine apples of the American varieties grow and bear such fine speci- 

 mens as they do in Kausiis, don't trouble with the Russian varieties.'* 



At their annual meeting in December 1SS4, a resolution was offered that, in the 

 opinion of the society, all the Russian varieties of apples are unworthy of general 

 cultivation in Kansas and should be stricken from their voted fruit-list ; and that 

 report indicates tlie adoption of the resolution by a vote of 17 to 5. 



The brief report given of discussions upon the foregoing resolution indicates a 

 purpose on the part of the society to defeat the efforts of the swindling tree ped- 

 lers rather than to condemn the introduction of true Russian fruits. 



Mr. Cutter, of Junction City, in opening the discussion, contended that great 

 dam-ige had been been done to the fruit interests of Kansas, by the sale of hun- 

 dreds of thousands of comparatively worthless Russian fruits at extortionate prices. 

 He referred to the "smooth-tongued tree peddlers" who, usually being strangers 

 from abroad, are compelled to work, steal or starve; and who sometimes are wont 

 to choose' a half way ceurse between the first two. He argued to show from this 

 standpoint a doubt or positive denial of the value of the Russian fruits for Kansas . 

 He refers to a statement by E. J. Teas of Dunreath, Indiana, who writes under 

 date of November 1SS4. "There is not one of the Russian varieties of apples 



