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there can be little doubt about the value of Grimes for your con- 

 ditior.s when properly handled. 



Looking at the exhibits here and talking as I have with your 

 people, makes me more firmly convinced that Rome Beauty and 

 Stavman AMnesap are two of the most important varieties that can 

 be grown here, unless they develop some faults here which I know 

 nothing about. Stayman sometimes lacks a little in color especially 

 on young trees but as they obtain a little age, this difficulty largely 

 disappears. Rome Beauty may have some defects peculiar to this 

 section which I do not know about but a short time ago one of 

 the finest specimens of this variety that I have seen in a long time 

 reached our office in \A'ashington from Biglerville. this county. 



AA'inesap. though it is a magnificent variety in Xew Jersey 

 within a radius of twentv miles of Philadelphia, niay approach its 

 northern limit of adaptability in this section on account of the 

 elevation, though I am not sure but that it is entirely satisfactory 

 here. 



York Imperial is too well ensconced in the hearts of the fruit 

 growers of this section to call for any comment though it is a little 

 lacking in dessert quality. 



I have now referred to all of the sorts mentioned in the first list 

 of recommended varieties, also Jonathan of the second list because of 

 its value in conection with Grimes. The varieties recommended for 

 the adjoining district cover conditions that are very diverse from 

 those in the district in which Adams county occurs. Therefore a 

 considerable proportion of them are not to be considered in the 

 present connection. Several of them, however, may well be re- 

 ferred to briefly for the purpose of pointing out their faults as well 

 as to indicate their merits. 



Arkansas, more widely known under its synonym, ]\Iammoth 

 Black Twig, is an excellent apple of the Winesap type and has a 

 magnificent tree but it is generally such a shy bearer that it is un- 

 wise to include it in a commercial orchard, except in a ver}^ few 

 localities. 



Ben Davis I had intended to pass over in silence but a few 

 days ago I noticed in a report of the proceedings of the American 

 Pomological Society, pul^lished nearly fifty years ago where John 

 A. A\'arder, one of the most conspicuous pomological geniuses this 

 country has yet seen, recommended it to that Society with the re- 

 mark that he did not wish to say much about it but that he believed 

 "It is a variety that will yet make a noise in the world." How 

 true this prophesy has been made into history ! 



S\veet Bough is \videly grown in this general region of the 

 country for an earlv sweet sort. JefTeris for late summer or early 

 fall has decided merit. It is of Pennsylvania origin and doubtless 

 deserves a greater popularity than it now has. Oldenburg (Duch- 

 ess of Oldenburg) for a second early apple would probably be suc- 

 cessful, though its quality is not high, and its value is entirely for 

 culinary purposes. 



Question. Can we get anything to take its place ? 



