164 PEACHES AND APRICOTS- 



There is one variety that reproduces itself 

 true to variety from seed, and this is the tree, 

 if any, that will in the indefinite future, as 

 prophesied by one of our best horticulturists, be the 

 one that will "Grow in the north, side by side 

 with the apple." This may seem improbable, but 

 we must, from the facts we already have, admit 

 that it is easily possible. 



The variety referred to is the Wager and the 

 pits will in a year or more undoubtedly be upon 

 the market. 



RUSSIAN APRICOT. 



In 1890 the Iowa Horticultural Society passed 

 the following resolution unanimously: That the 

 Tree Blackberry is a fraud, and the Apricot, 

 Prunus Simoni, Salome apple and Keiffer pear are 

 too tender for general planting in Iowa. 



As a whole little exception can be taken to this, 

 but the Apricot (Russian) deserves a little better 

 fate than to be ranked with the balance of the list. 

 Even in this the resolution was judicious at that 

 time, as varieties had not, and have not yet even, 

 established a positive character by which they could 

 be fairly judged. 



Our first experience with these trees dates back 

 to 1885, when several seedlings were planted, and a 

 list of named varieties were top worked on the 

 Miner plum. These varieties were Alexander, 

 Catharine, Alexis, Budd, Gibb and Nicholas. 

 These have become large trees, but have only borne 



