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Grimes Golden is a standard favorite of wonderful popularity, 

 juicy, spicy, and rich, a beautiful, transparent apple, golden yel- 

 low, one of the best sellers on the market, comes into bearing early, 

 yields, crops the fifth year, it is a late fall variety. Grimes Golden 

 is, with us, the apple. It certainly is a fine apple, and a good 

 yielder. We get fine crops from our young trees. Your soil is 

 adapted to them, and I would advise you to plant Grimes Golden. 

 We have between 7,000 and 10,000 eight-year-old Grimes, and have 

 gotten three crops. Nearly all are bearing now. 



Jonathan. For many years has ranked as a standard of high 

 quality ; originated from a Spitzenburg seedling. More valuable 

 than the parent variety on account of early bearing, longer life and 

 greater productiveness; medium size, a beautiful, brilliant red apple; 

 highly flavored, rich, tender, and spicy, has good keeping qualities 

 and yields abundant crops early. 



Question. How many did you have this year? 



Mr. Cohill. We had quite a lot of them. Could not say as 

 to prices, but they were good. Jonathan and Grimes Golden brought 

 the best prices this year. 



Mr. Frazer. Are Grimes Golden trees weak in any way? 



Mr. Cohill. Not ours ; we find them very healthy and strong. 



Question. How about working them on York Imperial? 



Mr. Cohill. Would be an advantage probably, as the Grimes 

 is not considered a long-lived tree. 



Question. Would you advise working the Grimes on North- 

 ern Spy? 



Mr. Cohill. I have not had enough experience to tell you. 



Stayman Winesap as a commercial variety is surpassed bv no 

 other, and by some authorities is called the most successful apple 

 grown; medium size, a beautiful dark, rich red, good eating quali- 

 ties, as well as good keeper ; the fruit is far superior and the tree 

 is much stronger than the original Winesap, long Hved, early bearer, 

 good yielder, a later winter variety. 



Question. Do you notice a dift'erence in your Stayman? 



Mr. Cohill. No difference that I can see, only in size and 

 color. The exhibit of Staymans by Tysons are the best I have 

 ever seen. 



Rome Beauty. An established and highly profitable variety 

 of good quality, size large, shaded with bright red, good keeping, 

 a hardy and vigorous grower, and very reliable in its production. 

 Tree bears early. 



Mr. Newcomer. How does the quality of Rome Beauty com- 

 pare with Stayman? 



Mr. Cohill. The quality, I think, is much better ; it is one 

 of the best in quality. It is practically like the Smoke House. 



Question. Does it bear heavily ? 



Mr. Cohill. Very heavily and early, too. It is recommended 

 as a filler. 



