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years, and given a good fair crop. The l^aldwin trees will bear, 

 when they do bear, from eight to ten barrels per tree. So 

 that, looking at it from a commercial point of view, it does not 

 pav to grow the King apple, although they are a pretty good 

 variety, thev do not always do as well as mine have. 



yin. Staples : There is one other variety, and that is the 

 Canada Red. That makes a very fine red winter apple. 



President Rogers : That is a very good apple, but is 

 it any better than the Baldwin in quality? I have never fruit- 

 ed it, so I am not ready to say that it is not. but I will say 

 that is a very fine looking apple. 



Professor Gullev : I w^ould say that I am not ready to 

 recommend that apple to the growers in this state because it 

 is good for nothing unless the trees are top-grafted. If you 

 have got some strong variety to top-graft it with, you are all 

 right. They grow a good many of them in western New 

 York, and there is no question but what the Red Canada is a 

 good apple to plant, but the Baldwin is fully as good as that, 

 and I think it is a better winter apple. The Red Canada is 

 not in that class. The Baldwin is a good deal better, some 

 people think, from the standpoint of eating, but Red Canada 

 stands up very well, and for a nice apple to put on about next 

 April it will beat anything in the United States to sell. It 

 does not come into bearing very early, but it has good keep- 

 ing qualities and has been ahead in that respect of almost ev- 

 erything else for a great many years. 



President Rogers : I would like to ask Professor Gulley 

 regarding the Canada Red compared commercially with the 

 Baldwin. What would be your opinion as to the standard? 



Professor Gutxky : Ji-^dged by the ordinary standard, I 

 should say the Baldwin every time, because the Baldwin is an 

 apple that anybody can grow any time. The Greening is the 

 onlv other one that will match that at all. But we have got 

 a dozen apples that are better in some ways than the Baldwin, 

 but it wants a man who knows how to handle them to make 

 a success. Thev do not ^row under the same treatment that 



