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410 MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Mr. Dartt: Is it the men or the trees that change? 
(Laughter ). 
Mr. Philips: Both. 
Mr. Harris: I want to say one word in regard to that Pat- 
ten’s Greening. Wherever the McMahon will succeed it is as 
good as Patten’s Greening, and in quality there is not much 
difference. After you get west of Filmore county, the McMahon 
is not a safe apple to plant; Patten’s Greening is a good deal 
better. 
Mr. Bracket: Will young trees planted in the vicinity of the 
parent tree do better than if planted in other localities? 
Mr. Philips: I never said so. I said that where the parent 
tree is doing wellin the soil, there was less risk in setting out 
young trees of the same variety. 
NOMENCLATURE AND SEEDLINGS. 
MONTHLY REPORT OF COMMITTEE, J. S. HARRIS. 
A basket of apples was sent to us for names by J. M. Underwood, 
of the Jewell Nurseries, Lake City. The varieties were placed in sep- 
arate paper bags and marked by letters of the alphabet. Letter E 
was the Russian variety named Arabka. Fruit large, conic: skin 
deep green, overlaid with a covering of purplish red and a dark blu- 
ish brown interspersed with numerous small brownish dots; flesh 
greenish white, coarse, Sharp acid quality, only medium. The tree 
is a vigorous, upright grower and apparently hardy. The seasonis 
said to be from December to March, 
F is Scott’s Winter; origin, Vermont; when well grown, the fruit 
is of medium size, handsomely shaped and splashed with dark red; 
flavor rather acid for eating—its principal value is for cooking; its 
season is from February to May; ranks in hardiness about with the 
Wealthy. It is most valuable as a top graft and a hardy stock. 
J is doubtless the Malinda. A medium sized, long, conical apple; 
color light green becoming yellow when mature, often with a light 
blush cheek; a long keeper and a fair quality of sweet apple if prop- 
erly kept. The tree is almost as hardy as the Wealthy but very long 
in coming into bearing unless topworked onto hardy stock. Virginia 
crab or Hibernal apple make good stocks for it. 
K is the Walbridge, valuable only as long keepers. Have not 
tested it topworked. 
N isa variety known as the Montreal Peach. Tree very hardy; 
fruit medium size, round conical, pale yellow with light blush 
cheek; season same as Duchess, quality better. It will not bear 
shipping. 
We were unable to identify the remaining varieties. 
At our state fair and at the Wisconsin state fair, there were some 
interesting exhibits of seedlings, which we will report upon at the 
annual meeting of our society. 
