DESCRIPTION OF APPLES AND PEARS. 245 



of apples of any kind has been a constant fight, all 

 the way from the seed to the bearing tree, and 

 quite too often a losing fight. 



Through the kindness of Prof. Budd, of Iowa, a 

 special list has been prepared for this work includ- 

 ing all varieties which are good to best in quality; 

 giving all the seasons of the year; hardy, and as 

 free from blight as our common varieties. 



Before introducing this list let us drop a word of 

 caution: To get these varieties true to name it will 

 be better to correspond direct with some reliable 

 nursery, or procure them through the Agricultural . 

 College of your state. If the orders are given 

 through dealers the chances are very remote that 

 one, even, will be what is ordered. 



Another caution will be, that where other desir- 

 able varieties can be grown there is no need of 

 them, and a risk, always, of introducing blight. 



In the spring of 1883 a bulletin was issued by 

 the Iowa Agricultural College giving an outline of 

 experiments with, and investigations of, some oi 

 the fruits of the steppe sections of east Europe and 

 North Central Asia. Since that time have been 

 made several importations of cions and rooted 

 plants from the parts of east Europe where the 

 summer heat is nearly or quite equal to ours, and 

 they have been sent out by thousands for trial 

 across the continent on our northern borders. The 

 present notes are a summary of the reports received 

 from trial stations and of observations on the 

 College grounds up to date, of a part of the va- 



