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slightly wrinkled; core, medium, closed; season, January to March; 
originated in La Crosse county, Wis.,and has borne regular crops 
for more than twenty years. 
Catharine. Size 5 to 6; form, round-oblate; color, yellowish-green, 
with burn blush on sun side and thickly marked with fine white or 
grayish dots; flesh, yellow, medium juicy; flavor, subacid; stem, 
medium, in a rather deep, broadly russeted cavity; calyx closed,in a 
medium deep, rather broad, wrinkled, or ridged basin; season, Sept. 
and October; originated in Houston Co.; described in Dec. No. of 
magazine, 1894. 
Wolf River. Size,very large; form, rounded-oblate conical; color, 
greenish-yellow, ground mostly covered with dark red and scatter- 
ing gray or russet dots; stem, medium, in a deep, narrow cavity ofa 
green russet which reaches well out over the base of the fruit; calyx, 
open, in a rather narrow, deep,wrinkled basin; flesh, greenish-yellow, 
coarse acid; season, Nov.; use, kitchen and market. The tree is a 
little less liable to blight than the Alexander, and said to be a little 
better fruiter, but is not a profitable variety to plant in Minn. 
Northwestern Greening. Size, 7; form, round conical; color, 
green, becoming a yellowish-green when ripe; stem, medium; cav- 
ity, regular, rather deep, narrow, russeted at bottom; calyx, closed; 
basin, medium, slightly ribbed; flesh, greenish-yellow; flavor, sub- 
acid; origin, Wisconsin. This is a fine winter apple, tree soon com- 
ing into bearing and of doubtful hardiness. It does a little better 
topworked on hardy stocks, 7. e., crabs and hybrids. 
Estaline. Size, very large; form, round, slightly angular; color, 
greenish-yellow, mostly covered with pink and red stripes and 
specks; stem, rather long, slender, elastic; cavity, narrow; calyx, 
closed, segments often a half inch long; basin, narrow, about me- 
dium deep, wrinkled; flesh, yellowish, fine, tender; flavor, subacid, 
good; season, September fifteenth to November. 
Pride. (Pride of Minneapolis.) Size, large; form, conical, 
slightly angular; color when ripe, pale lemon-yellow, becoming 
rusty later; stem, very long; cavity, medium; calyx, closed; basin, 
shallow, wrinkled; flesh, deep yellow, fine grain, firm, juicy; flavor, 
quite acid and a little acrid; excellent for cider, jellies, canning, etc.; 
season, October first; tree, hardy, productive, vigorous and healthy; 
origin, Minneapolis. 
Your committee recommend that the catalogue published in 1893 
be amended and corrected and with the additions be published in 
the transactions of 1895 for the benefit of new members. 
DISCUSSION. 
Mr. Harris: I suppose the people generally think there is 
not much to do on a committee of this kind, but I have spent on 
the catalogue of this book, probably, more than would make one 
year of time on the study of fruits that grow in the Northwest; 
not only in Minnesota alone, but I have to take in Wisconsin, 
Iowa and Minnesota together, and itis one of the most interest- 
ing studies I ever took up; there is real solid enjoyment in it. 
