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" I do not know that any new fruits have come before us 

 this past year that need much examination. There are some 

 new apples that are being brought forward. The latest one 

 that has come to the front is the Opalescent. That is a 

 beautiful name. That is to be pushed by a company who 

 are growing the trees very largely, and, judging from the cir- 

 culars that they are sending out, it possesses all the qualities 

 for a market apple. They claim it is a good winter apple, 

 and a good money-maker. That, however, is not a new story 

 for anybody who is interested in fruits. They are all rhat 

 way. I asked a gentleman to send me some samples of the 

 apples, and I brought one up so that you could see it. One 

 value of it is that it is a late keeper. In the circulars which 

 are sent out advertising this apple there are some strong tes- 

 timonials from people who say that they have seen these apples 

 exhibited in 1899 which were grown in 1897, — exhibited in 

 February and March the second year after their growth. This 

 apple comes from Illinois, and the people who have put this 

 out have so much faith in the apple that they say they will 

 present any person buying trees of them at their price with a 

 written guarantee to take all the apples that those trees will 

 grow until those trees are past twelve j^ears old at $2.50 a 

 barrel. If you want to make some money by selling your 

 apples, there is your chance. 



" Another apple has now put in an appearance called the 

 'North Star.' I do not know anything about it. I do not 

 spend much time on these new circulars that come out. I 

 hope by and by to tell something about the new varieties, for 

 we have about seventy of them set out. 



" I do not know that there have been any new plums 

 brought out in the last year or two which deserve any par- 

 ticular notice or attention. If I wasn't a very modest kind of 

 a man I would speak of the October Purple, because that is 

 our plum, you know. My experience with it has made me 

 feel that it is a valuable plum. This is the first year that 

 ours have fruited, and we had some handsome specimens of 

 fruit from three to three and a quarter inches in size, and it 

 is the best flavored plum I have ever eaten. It is a splendid 

 grower and makes a fine, handsome head. I think it better 



