No. 4.] APPLES. 135 



The figures given you this morning show you some of the 

 profits that may be made by spraying the apple crop. 



The Maiden's Blush is an apple that takes in the market. 

 It is especially fine for cooking. It is decidedly acid, and 

 can be sold in limited quantities. 



A new apple that is attracting some attention is the Wolf 

 River. We had only eight or ten specimens on the tree that 

 had been grafted with twelve or fifteen stocks, and it produced 

 fruit for the first time this season. It always grows large 

 and very handsome, and is attracting a great deal of atten- 

 tion because of its beauty. It is a good cooking apple, a 

 little coarse in texture, but because of its size would be sure 

 to sell. 



Another apple, grown in Connecticut, is the Pewaukee. 

 I think that will outyield the Ben Davis. We have trees 

 ten years old that bear every year, the branches being loaded 

 almost to the ground. It is fairly good in quality and always 

 perfect in form, of pretty good color and always of large size. 

 I think it will be a profital)le apple. 



In view of the uncertainty about the Baldwin and the poor 

 quality of the Ben Davis, we ought to devote our attention 

 to such varieties as the Sutton Beauty and others that are of 

 very fine quality. By raising such varieties we can prevent 

 the competition of the west. I think four years ago, when 

 we had a large crop of apples, there were more Ben Davis 

 apples sold in Boston market after about the middle of Jan- 

 uary than all other varieties together. You would find them 

 everywhere. If we can put apples of fine quality into our 

 markets we are sure to shut out such varieties and most of 

 the western apples which are poor in quality. Some of the 

 small varieties, like the Jonathan and Winesap, are of good 

 quality, and do not affect our local markets, where apples of 

 good size are demanded. 



The best apple in quality, and when you have eaten one 

 you will each want a tree for your own use, is the Dyer or 

 Pomme Royal. It is almost as juicy as a pear. It is not 

 known in the market, and would not be a very salable 

 variety. 



Mr. Lyman. Do you grow the Bard apple? It tastes 

 more like a pear than any a})plc we have. 



