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The Lemon Cling bears heavily, and generally brings a dollar per 

 bushel more than Crawford's Early. Next to these I place Old Mixon, 

 Hale's Early and Early Crawford." 



Mr. Samuel Nelles : " I would give the Early Barnard preference 

 over any other for profit. I would not give Hale's Early room in my 

 orchard. My Beatrice loaded heavily last year ; they were of good 

 size, and marketed much better than Hale's Early." 



Mr. Eansom Smith would condemn Morris' White and Late 

 Crawford. He w^ould name for profit Hale's Early, Lemon Cling, 

 Smock, Early Crawford and Early Barnard. 



Mr. Wesley Smith found, the Hale's more profitable than any other ; 

 on his soil they grew to a fi.ne size. He would also recommend the 

 Early Eivers. 



Mr. B. Nelles thought the Early Purple should not be passed over, 

 for it bore crops when others failed. He said the Early Eivers grew to 

 a fine size. Perry's July was not large, but very early. He counted 

 the Early Barnard best of any for canning, having an excellent flavor. 



Mr. Jonathan Carpenter said the Early Barnard- was his favorite. 



Mr. Orr, of Stoney Creek, said the fruit of Perry's July was small, 

 and not to be compared with High's Early. On heavy red clay he 

 had got one peck of Crawfords off a tree three years planted. 



Mr. J. H. Grout thought Hale's Early had received more than its 

 fair share of abuse ; it liad brought $2.00 per bushel in the village last 

 season without the trouble ' of marketing. He had seen beautiful 

 specimens of the Alexander shipped from Grimsby during the past 

 season, and he thought them worthy of much attention. 



Mr. J. G. Teneycke finds all white fleshed very hard to sell. He 

 said, " I can't give them away. I have received $3.00 per bushel for 

 Hale's Early more often than for any other kind. High's Early clings 

 more than the Hale's. All those early ones are very small, and only 

 sell well when there are few in the market. I can sell two bushels of 

 Smock to one of Lemon Cling. I would plant Early Purple if I were 

 in the vinegar business ; and as for Stump the World, I would stump 

 the world for a poorer one ; it is too acid. It does not succeed here 

 as it does in the south." 



Mr. E. J. Woolverton said if he were planting 500 trees he would 

 plant as follows : Alexander, 15 ; High's Early, 15 ; Hale's Early, 10; 

 Early Purple, 10; Honest John, 5; Mountain Eose, 30; Early Craw- 



