230 DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 



Rice county; seed planted spring of 1868, from 

 Duchess apple, supposed to be fertilized by Tal- 

 man Sweet. Original tree began to bear in 1875, 

 and has produced more bushels of fruit than any 

 other tree either of apple or crab in that part of 

 the state. It bore 3 bushels in 1878 and kept 

 increasing till in 1886 it bore n bushels. Mr- 

 Harris, the special agent of the government, visited 

 the tree in September, 1 890, reported it as in fine 

 condition. Of the quality of the fruit he said 

 in January following, " It is really a better apple 

 than the Wealthy." Season not given but sup- 

 posed to be fall. 



Catherine. Another Minnesota seedling with a 

 great local reputation. Seed from a seedling 

 apple brought from Canada in 1854, to Houston Co. 



This tree is growing ten miles west of the Mis- 

 sissippi, and six south of the Root river, on a high 

 elevation. The spread of the top is about 30 feet ; 

 i foot from the ground, has a diameter of 16 inches, 

 and has borne as high as 30 bushels at one time. 



For fear of misleading let us refer to these won- 

 derful seedlings again. They only show the pos- 

 sibilities of these trees as such, and do not give 

 assurance that they can be propagated and be of 

 value in the same latitude. 



WINTER VARIETIES. 



Ben Davis. Tree fine grower, symmetrical, and 

 will yield the largest proportion of marketable trees 

 from a given number of root grafts of any variety. 



