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doubt about that. The Jonathan is not so well established, but 

 I believe with proper culture it will make a very valuable apple. 



Prof. PowEr.L : That is our practice at home, — to top-graft. 

 We have succeeded in getting a great deal more vigor into the 

 trees bv top-grafting, especially in the Xorthern Spy. When 

 it is put upon Spy stock it makes one of the most vigorous and 

 strongest growers of any apple in New York. 



I was in an orchard the other day and was looking at some 

 Sutton Beauties and T thought if I was to start an orchard I 

 would start it down within a short distance of the ground. I 

 think if I was to start again I would start down within i8 to 

 20 inches of the ground. That makes the trees very much 

 handier to get at. 



The President: A part of this question says, if it is not 

 as valuable as the Sutton, what is? There was a gentleman 

 here to-day that I wanted to have speak about some of the new- 

 apples, as he comes from the West. He said that he did not 

 like to say anything about them because "I have not had them 

 long enough." That is one great trouble in trying to say any- 

 thing about new apples. Just one crop does not permit us to 

 really make up our minds what they are. 



One of the southwestern apples that looks well and takes 

 well, — I think it's on the table here, I am pretty sure it is, — is 

 the Senator. There is another name for it, but I think you 

 will find that name on it. It is a very bright-colored apple, 

 of good size and finely marked. It is as fine as the Sutton. 

 At least, I call it so. It is a promising apple. 



Mr. Fenn : Has your brother fruited it? 



The PREsn)ENT : I don't think so. The exhibit on the 

 table came from ^lanchester. 



Prof. Powell: The Senator is not a very late keeping winter 

 apple. It is an early winter apple. It is usually out of the 

 way by the first of the year. It is not like the Ben Davis, and 

 it will not keep like a good many of your eastern varieties. 



A ]\Iember : Will it keep equal to the Baldwin ? 



Prof. Powell: Probably not. The Baldwin is usually a 

 very good keeper. I have seen this apple in cold storage, and 

 it is good now. It is firm and hard and it is still keeping well 

 in cold storage. They have l)een in since last September, but 

 these I am speaking about were grown on very high altitude 



