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the bank ready to be awarded to the man who wins it — for the 

 development or presentation of an apple which shall have the 

 quality, size and appearance of Wealthy, the hardiness and pro- 

 lificness of Duchess and the keeping quality of Malinda, and that 

 premium is open to every one who wants to compete — T think 

 there are no restrictions. I know it is open to this country and 

 1 think it is open to any one in the wide world who wants to com- 

 pete. They want such an apple there, and that society has a 

 thousand dollars, as I say, on deposit for the man who will bring 

 it to their attention. If some such a premium as that could be 

 offered by all the societies perhaps some good might come 

 from it. 



Mr. Knowlton : Some very handsome apples were brought 

 to me late in the spring. I sent them to the department and they 

 were named Aiken. It was an apple I knew nothing of before — 

 I didn't know there were any growing in the State. They were 

 pronounced very good specimens by the department. 



Mr. Gould : It is an apple that does not have a very wide 

 distribution, and I do not think now of any place where they are 

 growing it in large commercial quantities. Still, there may be. 

 It is one of the newer ones which is worthy of trial. 



Mr. Pope : Is there anything being done at the department 

 in the way of crossing apples with the idea of developing new 

 varieties ? 



Mr. Gould : Nothing, to my knowledge. That is one of the 

 lines of work I hope at some time I shall be able to take up 

 myself in connection with our fruit district work, but at the pres- 

 ent time I think nothing of the sort is being done. 



Some beautiful samples of apples grown by John Bunker & 

 Son of Mercer were sent to the Secretary, who forwarded them 

 to the Agricultural Department at Washington for identification. 

 In due time reply came from Mr. Wm. A. Taylor, assistant pom- 

 ologist, as follows : 



"Referring to yours of the 20th instant and to mine of the 

 2 1st acknowledging receipt of same, I would say that the two 

 specimen apples referred to by you reached us yesterday. These 

 were characteristic specimens of "Lawver," which has been 

 widely distributed by nurserymen under its synonym "Delaware 



