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Another variety, one which has been attracting considerable 

 attention in Virginia for the past few years is Lowry. It originated 

 in Xelson county, Mrginia. a good many years ago, but it is only 

 recently that it has become prominent. It is a beautiful red or 

 indistinctly striped apple of good size — a good keeper and prolific. 

 But like all the rest of its kind it has a weak spot. It is not quite 

 good enough in dessert quality, still it is fair in this respect. I 

 do not know of its haying been grown north of A^irginia but men- 

 tion it to call your attention to its possible value here. 



Now if a grower was selecting varieties to plant for a suc- 

 cession of ripening from early to late from the varieties already 

 mentioned, he would not want all of them unless he was under- 

 taking to plant a variety test orchard. Individuahty of choice 

 would have a considerable range. I\Iy particular selection w ould be 

 no better than that which any one else might make but if I were 

 planting a commercial orchard in this section to include a full 

 sequence of ripening, I think my choice, in the light of my present 

 knowledge would be about as follows : Yellow Transparent (or 

 Thaler), Early Ripe, Red Astrachan, AA'illiams, Cornell, Alaiden 

 Blush, Gravenstein. AA'ealthy, Smokehouse, Grimes, Jonathan, 

 Stayman \Mnesap, Rome Beauty and perhaps York Imperial. If 

 I could find something to substitute for Red Astrachan I would do 

 it but I know of no red variety at present that will take its place. 

 And if I could handle to ad\antage more mid-season sorts I should 

 want to add Jefiferis and Summer Rambo because of their merit. 



Question. ^Vould you advise that many varieties for a com- 

 mercial orchard ? 



Mr. Gould. Yes, if you want a succession of ripening to ship 

 all the time, from the earliest ripening varieties to the winter sorts ; 

 but otherwise, a much smaller number of varieties would be ad- 

 visable. 



This selected list is rather short on winter varieties. If I 

 should find that Winesap warranted it, I would add it to my col- 

 lection. And Stark would be an acquisition here if it will do as 

 well as it does in some sections of this state. Ordinarily it is rather 

 coarse-grained, not particularly attractive in color and rather in- 

 dififerent in quality. But we recently received at our office in 

 Washington specimens of this variety from this state (Landisburg 

 or \\ aynesburg) that were exceptionally fine — very attractively 

 colored, a beautiful finish and remarkably good in quality for the 

 variety. If such fruit could be duplicated here, this would surely 

 be an excellent variety to plant. 



C. J. Tyson. What reason would you have for recommend- 

 ing it where Stayman \Mnesap could be grown? 



Mr. Gould. Xot any, unless yon wanted it to interplant for 

 cross-pollination. It would not be wise to plant any variety with- 

 out some other sort for cross-pollination. So far as a profitable 

 commercial apple is concerned, I do not think it would come up to 

 Stayman Winesap. 



C. J. Tyson. How about Paragon? 



