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the same varieties grown in Southern Michigan, and they may not 

 compare favorably at the time, but it will be because ours have 

 not come to perfection ; if you wait till they come to their best 

 condition you will obtain a fruit that is really richer than theirs. 



Before the final disposition of the paper I hope we shall give it 

 in the main the endorsement of the Society. I hope there may be 

 suggestions made by which we can modify certain points in it; 

 and therefore, before we adjourn, I shall move that it be laid on 

 the table for future consideration. 



Mr. Granville FERN.-iLD of Harrison. There is one variety of 

 apple which has not been mentioned this afternoon, tbat is the 

 Hubbardston Nonesuch. It has been grown extensively in some 

 parts of the State, and is esteemed by many as exceedingly valu- 

 able. Some in my section esteem it higher than any other variety. 

 I don't raise it myself, but I think it is quite largely' raised by Mr. 

 Perley, and that Mr. Pulsifer of Poland, has quite a large number 

 of the trees. 



President Gilbert. Throughout the whole State, with the ex- 

 ception, perhaps, of the extreme north, the Hubbardston None- 

 such is considered a valuable variety for cultivation, and it is the 

 universal testimony that it is exceedingly prolific. It is not so 

 hardy as some other varieties, but it succeeds well in all respects 

 in this county. Mr. Pulsifer has several acres of that kind, and 

 certainly they present a splendid appearance in a bearing year, 

 when they are covered with fruit. Those who have cultivated the 

 Hubbardston have noticed the peculiarity of its growth. Its 

 branches are somewhat slender and pendent when loaded with 

 fruit. The largest fruit is on the largest limbs, and toward the 

 ends it grows smaller ; and so we have the tree loaded with fruit 

 that seems to be graduated in size to the size of the twigs, and all 

 well colored. I know of no handsomer sight than a Hubbardston 

 well loaded, and it is alwaj^s adapted to the wants of those who 

 grow fruit as a business. It is not a late-keeping variety, and 

 should be marketed before January, though under favorable con- 

 ditions it will keep through January. 



Mr. Smith. I did not speak of that apple, neither did I of the 

 Nodhead. They are both good apples, and I presume they could 

 be shipped to any part of the Union in the fall. I put the greatest 

 stress on having yearly bearers, and the Hubbardston is not a 

 yearly bearer. With me it bears bountifully one year, and the 

 next year there is not an apple on the tree. If it bore every year 



