100 NEBRASKA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FALL APPLES. 



BY R. N. DAY. 



Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Nebraska State Horticultural So- 

 ciety: According to our programme as herein made and provided, 

 you would very naturally look for something from me, as my name 

 appears accidentally or intentionally on the programme, I cannot tell 

 which. But in order that there may not be a break in the exercises 

 to cause confusion and throw fellow members oif their bills I will 

 proceed to make a few remarks as they have occurred to my mind 

 about the autumn apple. 



Our autumn list as it stands to-day is a superior one in many re- 

 spects. Let us examine a few of its specimens and see what their 

 merits are : 



The first in season is Day and Wealthy. The Day is perhaps the 

 superior in quality, being a very mild, sub-acid, sprightly, tender in 

 the highest degree, and very agreeable in flavor; in season from Sep- 

 tember 10th to the middle of October; size, medium to large; flat, 

 slightly inclined to conical ; color, when fully ripe, a greenish yellow. 

 I have not in all my experience found a tree that had really as few- 

 objectionable or faulty characteristics as the Day. It is a strong up- 

 right grower and needs but very little pruning to keep the top or 

 head sufficiently open while young, becoming by its abundant bear- 

 ing quality open and spreading with age. The Wealthy is a beauti- 

 ful apple of about the same season as the above, varying in size from 

 medium to very large ; quality, very good, being a sub-acid, fairly 

 tender, juicy, sprightly and aromatic, and highly esteemed for its 

 many desirable qualities. Color, yellow, with crimson cheek on the 

 sunny side. Tree, upright and fairly good grower in nursery and 

 orchard and a fine bearer and a very profitable variety for a conven- 

 ient home market. Neither of the above are desirable for distant 

 market as they are too tender and become more or less bruised in 

 handling and soon commence to decay. 



Next on the list I will place Plum's Cider and Utter's Red. 

 Plum's Cider is a little later in its season than the above described,, 

 its season being through the month of October. In size, medium, or 



