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put for fillers, for the early varieties, as the three best, as far 

 as I know now, Wagener, Duchess and Wealthy. We are 

 testing out at the college one more, which promises to be a 

 splendid filler. It is a little bit small, but it begins to bear 

 very early, is a good keeper, and that is the Missouri Pippin. 

 I believe it is going to be valuable, but I wouldn't want to 

 plant a whole orchard of it, but the other three can be 

 used for fillers without any question, on our soil, as far as I 

 can see and hear, all of them rugged and fairly good bearers. 



So far as late varieties are concerned, we can't add to 

 what we have already, the Baldwin, Greening and Mcintosh 

 And then, after that, you can plant about what you are a mind 

 to, about half a dozen others, with about equal chance of 

 having good success. Roxbury Russets and others might be 

 added, but there are three or four that can really be said to 

 be standard, so far as I know, that can be depended upon. 

 Here again, we are testing out some more that promise well, 

 and I am planting now to see what they are. 



I have great faith in this state for the new western apple, 

 Stark's Delicious. They told me up in New York state last 

 week they were fearful^about it being troubled too much with 

 scab. On our land it doesn't work so. It bears young, is a 

 nice grower, and I think it is going to be worthy of trial. It 

 has two faults, however, one is ripening a little bit too early. 

 It looks to me as if it would have to be used by Christmas or 

 New Years. Possibly it is going to be too mild. It runs very 

 close, when it is dead ripe, to a sweet apple. Those are the 

 only two faults. I don't know that I will add very much to 

 that list for general purposes. Perhaps I can pick out a list 

 that will suit my eye better than those I have mentioned, for 

 special purposes. 



There is an apple called Dudley's Winter which I think 

 well of, the color is about as fine in September as it is now, 

 keeps splendid under ordinary conditions, not of a very high 

 quality, being very close to the Duchess, but it is a hand- 

 some apple, and will sell anywhere, at any time you put it on 

 the market. It is known as Dudley's Winter up in Maine. 



