TUliKTlETII AXXUAL MEETING. 35 



tine surface and had no trouljle in getting a good catch of 

 clover. 



The President: If there are no more questions, we 

 will pass on. If there is no objection to the report it will 

 take the usual course. We will now take up the report on 

 Xew Fruits, Mr. J. R. Barnes, chairman. 



Report of the Committee on New Fruits. 



The Secretar\- has suggested a report on "Xew and \'al- 

 uable \'arieties of l-Yuit," but perhaps a report on "Xew and 

 Little Known X'arieties of Fruit" will be of as much accept- 

 ance to the members of this Society, because it is a matter of 

 years, frequently, before any variety of fruit, unless it be the 

 strawberry, becomes well known outside of its home. For 

 instance, take the 



Opalescent apple, a valuable variety, which has been in- 

 troduced between tifteen and twenty years, and we will ven- 

 ture to sav that there are but few present at this convention 

 who have tested this variety or have even seen the fruit. 

 And it is often the fact, respecting- the most valuable varie- 

 ties of fruit, that it is a great many years before they become 

 known as such to the general public. 



Twenty years ago, the Mcintosh apple was one of the 

 varieties always in surplus in the nurseries ; no one knew 

 much about it, or wanted it except in a very small way : but 

 now it seems impossible to grow this variety fast enough to 

 meet the demand for it. 



The Northwestern Greening apple has been fruited here 

 in a small way, and it has been weighed in the balances, and 

 is found wanting, at least for Connecticut culture. The tree 

 is a thrifty grower in the nursery and in the orchard. The 

 fruit is of a nice yellow, but varies in shape from round to 

 oblong. This variety originated in Wisconsin in 1872. and 

 has become somewhat known in the west as a long keeper, 



