244 DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 



and answered, "I am running the Yellow Trans- 

 parent for my best winter apple. ' ' 



As this is one of the earliest of the summer 

 apples, if they were even delivered true to name 

 the purchaser would not conceive an exalted 

 opinion of the keeping qualities of these much 

 discussed apples. 



It is the habit of the American people to be very 

 sweeping and radical in their conclusions, either in 

 praise or condemnation, and in the sweeping con- 

 demnation that some have given these trees they 

 are sweeping out very much chaff to be sure, but 

 with it some grains of pure gold. This is a matter 

 of little moment. If they have no need of them 

 they lose nothing. 



I think it is not claimed that where such varie- 

 ties as the Ben Davis, Jonathan, Winesap, Roman 

 stem, Grime's Golden, Iowa Blush, etc., are easily 

 grown that there is any use for the new Russians, 

 but they cannot be grown everywhere, and the true 

 test of merit in this matter is: Are there any of 

 these varieties that can be grown over any consider- 

 able territory where any of our other varieties can- 

 not be? If a single one can be shown that will take 

 such a place, then the time and money used 

 in introducing the whole lot has been well spent. 

 That there are some, and quite a few, of this char- 

 acter there is no doubt whatever. 



The principal value of them will be in the 

 extreme north, and especially in the black prairie 

 Lands of the Mississippi valley, where the growing 



