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balanced in most of its characters. The balance, however, 

 is not the same in all sections and is nowhere quite so per- 

 fect as in certain localities in the middle states. Most 

 samples kept well until the latter part of the season and 

 then became mealy. The overgrown specimens from 

 Grandview were the first to break down in this way. 

 Those grown at a greater elevation showed a slight tend- 

 ency to wilt late in the season. None of the samples dis- 

 played an inclination to rot until late in the season. 



Stayman Winesap.— In both size and quality the Stay- 

 man is the best of the Winesap group. Its most serious 

 fault is a rather dull color which often fails to cover the 

 fruit well. The samples obtained from the middle west 

 were of better color and texture than those grown in 

 Washington, though the lot from Indiana were very coarse 

 in texture. Those grown at Pullman were small and in- 

 ferior in every way. The fruit from Grandview was 

 especially large, flat, and fairly well colored, while that 

 from White Salmon was more elongated, slightly less 

 colored, and rather more aromatic in flavor. These two 

 lots retained their firmness in storage much longer than 

 the others and those from White Salmon scalded badly 

 late in the season. It is very similar to the Winesap in 

 its adaptations. 



Tompkins King. — This variety is popular in the west- 

 ern part of the state, where it attains a large size and good 

 color, though the latter character develops well at Pull- 

 man. None of the samples equaled in quality the variety 

 as grown in New York. Those grown at Pullman had a 

 very good flavor, though the flesh characters were those of 

 poorly matured fruit. The fruit from the western part of 

 the state was of a fairly elongated conic form, while that 

 grown at Pullman was shorter and strongly ribbed. This 

 variety appears to be but poorly adapted to Washington 

 conditions. The fruit grown at Pullman wilted badly late 

 in the season, while that from western Washington rotted 

 considerably owing to fungus infections. 



Wagener. — Though of the Northern Spy class, the 



