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The Canadian Horticulturist. 



THE NORTH-WEST GREENING. 



NE of the most promising varieties of apples shown on the 

 tables of the State of Wisconsin at the World's Fair, after 

 the Wealthy, was the " North-West Greening." The reports 

 of this comparatively new variety are very encouraging. It 

 originated in Waupaca county, Wisconsin, about twenty 

 years ago. It is one of the best of the numerous Waupaca 

 seedlings. I have taken the trouble to gather some infor- 

 mation about this promising apple, because it is some six 

 or seven years since I first procured root-grafts of it from 

 Wisconsin, and the trees are very hardy here, and I was 

 much impressed with its fine appearance and quality as exhibited at Chicago. 

 *' The North-West Greening originated (says Mr. J. C. Plumb) about twenty 

 years ago in a township where few apples have ever grown. The old tree was 

 killed by heavy bearing and hard cutting of scions. Unfortunately, it fell into 

 the hands of an inveterate crank, who blew his horn in season and out of season, 

 to the disgust of every one. I got a few scions from him about fifteen years 

 ago. I soon found out its great merit as a nursery tree, and scattered it by 

 thousands all over the West, and it is now sought after as never before. It is 

 not hardy enough for Northern Iowa and Minnesota prairies, except on the bluffs. 



Fig. 429. — North-West Greening 



