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from the otlier. I have ^Tcat faitli in the Ualdwin, and while 

 I like to see the new varieties tested ont fully, — and some of 

 them will do exceedingly well in the hands of specialists who 

 will give them the particular kind of culture they require, — 

 I recognize that more money has been made with iho Haldwiu 

 than with any other variety, and I do not believe that any 

 variety is going to take its ])laee. The Baldwin is grown in 

 the northwestern States, but is there called the Oregon Red. 

 Here there is always a good market for the Baldwin, it always 

 sells when of good color, and while it is subject to the disad- 

 vantage of being a biennial cropper, there arc few varieties 

 that do not have some out about them. The Baldwin is grown 

 in the high altitudes of the southern part of the coimtry, 

 and in northern Pennsylvania, on some very heavy, poorly 

 drained soils, and it is impossible to get good color under 

 these conditions, so we need not fear competition from those 

 sections. 



Mr. S. II. Reed. If you saw a field where thorn apples 

 seemed to grow spontaneously, and chestnut, and the sev- 

 eral kinds of oak, would it be favorable for a Baldwin or- 

 chard ? 



Mr. Wilder. Yes; you have there a mixture. A light 

 chestnut soil is a little too light, speaking particularly from 

 an economical point, while the tlioni apple indicates a little 

 bit heavier soil. 



Ifr. Reed. Do you prefer brownish yellow subsoil to a 

 yellowish subsoil ? 



]\rr. Wii.DKij. Yes; but T think T wonld see if I could not 

 make the yellow subsoil brown. The leguminous crops arc 

 deep rooted and put humus down into the subsoil and en- 

 courage a deep growth. 



Professor Bkooks. There is a type of soil quite common 

 in Worcester County, the drumlins or rounded hills, with soil 

 usually containing stones and sometimes boulders. Do these 

 not usually furnish pretty good Baldwin soil ? 



Mr. Wirj)ER. I have found but very few of these drumlins 

 that are not good. Sometimes they have a pretty tough sub- 

 soil and tlie boulders are pretty thick, so it is a bit expensive 



