58 state; pomological society. 



I don't believe, either, that they can grow any better apples out 

 there than you can here in Maine. 



Question: What varieties are they raising in Arkansas? 



Answer : There are more Ben Davis, I suppose, than there 

 is of any other one variety, and following in the wake of this 

 variety, there are quite a good many others such as Gano, which, 

 as you know, is similar in many respects to Ben Davis, Missouri 

 Pippin, Jonathan, Grimes, and in those two latter varieties they 

 get their most important ones when it comes to quality; 

 York Imperial is grown a good deal; and Winesap to some 

 extent. Then there are a good many other varieties — Rome 

 Beauty, Huntsman, Smith's Cider, Stark, and others of lesser 

 importance. One would predict from this year's experience that 

 there will be very heavy plantings of Jonathan in the next few 

 years. The weather conditions last spring were very unfavor- 

 able to the setting of the fruit, and nearly all of the apples were 

 killed in the blossom. Jonathan blossoms just a little later and 

 they escaped in many cases where most of the other varieties 

 were killed ; so that this year out there in the Ozarks, where 

 nearly all the other varieties were failures, the Jonathan pro- 

 duced a fine crop in many orchards of very excellent fruit, and 

 so I fancy that this will stimulate the planting of this variety. 

 It may be well if this is the case, because it is one of decided 

 merit when it comes to quality. It is beautiful in appearance, 

 and the cold storage fruit that has been exhibited at the St. Louis 

 exhibition the past season makes it very evident that it is one of 

 the best varieties to handle in cold storage. Its normal season 

 as grown under Ozark conditions, begins usually by the last of 

 September, and they can hold it without much difficulty until 

 the holidays ; but in cold storage it holds up wonderfully well 

 when it is put in in good condition. This past June, in fact I 

 think as late as August, I ate Jonathan apples from that section 

 which had been in cold storage since last fall, and they were 

 apparently just as good in quality as they ever were. Now 1 

 would not advise going into the planting of Jonathan on a heavy 

 scale here in Maine until you know what the variety is worth 

 here. I might digress just enough here — because this is going 

 to be a mixed up talk any way — to say that I presume the reason 

 why so many Ben Davis have been planted in this State within 



