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NEW VARIETY OF WINTER APPLES. 



It was stated in your last report tliat James W. Bailey of 

 Bradford, liad applied for the iSlOO premium, offered by the 

 Society for a new variety of winter apples. 



Early in May last we saw Mr. Bailey, who informed us that 

 his apples were all gone ; they were so good, as he said, they 

 had used them all up. Since that time we have heard nothing 

 from him. 



About a year ago another new variety of winter apples came 

 to our notice, by Mr. Alfred Ordway of Bradford. They grew, 

 as he said, on a young tree in his pasture. At the Agricultu- 

 ral meeting in Haverhill, early in May, a specimen of the ap- 

 ples was presented and consumed by the company, who can, 

 of course, judge of their good quality. 



Tlie tree fruited again the present year, and a specimen of 

 the fruit was presented at the fair. They look much like the 

 Baldwin, and Mr. Ordway thinks their keeping quality is about 

 the same as the Baldwin. He asks for the Society's premium. 

 The writer is of the opinion that the bearing quality of the 

 tree and the keeping quality of the fruit are so little known, 

 the subject should be deferred until further information can 

 be had. 



At the Trustees' meeting in June (which, as we think, was 

 about the middle of the montli) a specimen of apples was pre- 

 sented, which were part of a quantity of apples Gideon R. 

 Lucy of Newbury had purchased for the Boston Market, he 

 being a large dealer in apples. They were eaten by the com- 

 pany and made a favorable impression as to their fieshness 

 and good quality. Soon after, I wrote to Mr. Lucy for infor- 

 mation about them. He called on me in the summer and again 

 this fall, and I saw him at the fair ; have tlie following infor- 

 mation as near as I can now recollect. 



He purchased the apples in New Hampshire, a lot of about 

 thirty-five barrels. They grew within the boi'ders of our own 

 County of Essex. They were said to be a new kind of ap- 



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