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Williams, Gravcnstein, Porter, Shepard's Sweeting, Killiam 

 Hill, Peck's Pleasant, Phillips' Pippin, and Lyscom, are all 

 good varieties ; but Drap d"Or, Pickman Pippin, Baldwin, 

 Early Williams, Roxbury Pusset, and Sweet Baldwin, are the 

 most profitable to raise for market. 



For table, Early Williams, Porter, Gravenstein, Drap 

 d'Or, Lyscom, Kilham Hill, Baldwin, and Roxbury Russet, 

 give a constant and excellent supply from August 15 to June 

 1st. The Drap d'Or is a very abundant bearer, the others 

 quite good. The Lyscom and Kilham Hill are of little value, 

 except for table, and are not profitable for market. The 

 Pickman Pippin is considered the best cooking apple in the 

 market, by those who know it. It is very tart, high flavored, 

 fine grained, and of good size ; it keeps until February. The 

 trees come into bearing late, but bear pretty well after they 

 begin. The Drap d'Or is a very large fall apple, tart, but 

 excellent for eating as well as cooking. It keeps well until 

 the middle of November. Trees come into bearing 3^oung, 

 and bear very heavily. As the trees grow older, the apples 

 do not grow quite so large. 



I will add the following remarks as the result of my ob- 

 servation : Trees not in an orchard seldom bear. Trees that 

 do not bear good apples are worse than useless. There are 

 only a few varieties that pay. It is better to raise only those 

 varieties that do pay. Where there are only a few trees of a 

 kind, there are not enough of that kind of apples raised to 

 pay for marketing, consequently the}^ are often wasted. An 

 apple that is unknown in the market is hard to sell. Neg- 

 lected trees are of no use. 



STATEMENT OF SAMUEL NEWMAN, OF PEABODY. 



[Manuscript Lost.] 



Mr. Newman speaks of the apples, called the Sutton by 

 the committee, as having been raised on a graft from the orig- 

 inal tree grown in Salem, which produces even larger apples 



