132 PROPAGATION. 



The following is the best list of cions to work 

 upon these, so far as can be ascertained: 



Hughes Virginia. Grimes Colder, Jonathan, 

 Winesap, Golden Sweet, Baily Sweet. 



Whitney No. 20. Grimes Golden, Wolf River, 

 Northwestern Greening. 



Duchess. Wealthy, N. W. Greening, Grimes 

 Golden, Ben Davis, Red Astrachan, Fall Orange, 

 Wolf River. 



Minnesota Crab. Jonathan, Baltimore or 

 Bethlehemite, Early Harvest. 



Haas.- Wealthy, Winesap, Wolf River, Red 

 Astrachan, Baily Sweet and in favorable location 

 the R. I. Greening. 



The Western Wild Crab (Pirus Prunifolid) makes 

 a perfect stock for the Bethlehemite (Baltimore 

 Red) and where that indigenous tree is growing 

 wild it can with little labor be converted into a 

 most valuable apple tree. 



The Wealthy is also used as a stock, but it is 

 believed that where that tree succeeds well there 

 is little use of top working it, as in those high 

 latitudes it is a winter apple, but the Grimes 

 Golden, Baily Sweet and Golden Sweet have been 

 successfully grown on it. 



One of the best known of the Illinois horticul- 

 turists reports success with the hardy Russians as 

 stocks, but after thirteen years' experimentation on 

 all stocks does not feel competent to send out a list 

 having no doubts attaching to it. (J. V. Cotta.) 



The Hibernal. This is used as a stock for the 



