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fair-flavored fruit of good size. As a eooltiiif? Apple it lias no superior. It comes the near- 
est to a winter Apple of anything^ yet produced which will do well in northern Iowa, and I 
should no more hesitate to plant it than I would l)ox, alders oi- soft maples as to liardiness 
and freedom from blight.— j. S. Trigg, editor ot the KocUford Register, Kocktord, Iowa. 
J. S. Harris, of La Crescent, Minn., says of the Patten's Greening: "This variety of 
Apple is now so well disseminated, and is doing so well in every locality where it lias been 
tried that I feel safe in recommending it. It is a seedling of the Duchess of Oldenburg, 
originated from seed planted at Charles City, Iowa, seed grown near Portage, Wis., in JS(i9. 
The tree appears to have inherited the hardiness and fruitfulness of the mother parent, and 
has derived an improved flavor and keeping qualities from some other .source. The original 
tree has produced fifteen crops of fruit. It is a somewhat .stronger grower than the Olden- 
burg, has large, thick foliage, and the limbs are stronger shouldered, capable of resisting 
strong winds and sustaining a great weight of fruit. The variety is doing well in Iowa, Wis- 
consin, South Dakota, and wherever planted in Minnesota. The fruit is fair for eating from 
the hand, and is unsurpassed for cooking. Have kept this Apple through January and 
February." 
Samuf.i. B. Green, Professor of Horticulture in the University of Minnesota, says of 
Patten's Greening: "It is, perhaps, the most fully satisfactory tree in health, hardiness 
and bearing habit for this section of any on the list; keeps as long, or nearly as long, as 
Wealthy, and does well in cold storage. A variety that has proved to be very profitable in 
the home orchard, or for market, and deserves the fullest confidence of our planters." 
Patten's Greening. Considering the size, quality and season of fruit, as also t\\c pedi- 
gree and known hardiness of tree, it seems to nie worthy of general planting in northern 
Iowa and adjacent territory. — C. L. Watkus, Des Moines, Iowa. 
Mr. a. Peterson, of Waconia, Minnesota, says: "I do not consider there is any place 
where the blight is as bad as on my grounds. All of the Russians blight badly, but the 
Patten's Greening is all right. It is hardy and a good bearer." 
Patten's Greening. A crooked nursery tree, but one of the finest large Apples, and 
should be in every collection.- Geo. J. Kellogg & Sons, Janesville, Wis. 
The Patten's Greening is apparently as hardy as a forest tree. It is the coming winter 
Apple. — D. Cook, Vice-President Minnesota State Horticultural Society, Windom, Minn. 
J. A. Howard, of Hammond. Minnesota, has picked ten bushels of apples from one tree 
of Patten's Greening that had been planted six years, and sixteen trees of this same planting 
averaged from five to si.x bushels per tree. 
L. G. Clute, of Greeley, Iowa, says: "I have 104 ot the Patten's Greening in bearing. 
I will further state that last year they gave uie more and better apples than all the other 
trees put together. I have over 1,000 trees in bearing. This year is an off year, and the 
Patten's Greening is far ahead of all other varieties as far as fruit is concerned. I have 
trees nine years old that measure 22 inches in circumference and are 2.'j feet from tip to tip 
of limb. I had trees seven years old that picked eight bushels of apples; 100 averaged over 
four bushels of apples per tree. The Patten's Greening is the very best tree in northern 
Iowa. Its commercial value is very great." 
I have an orchard of near 2,000 trees, and more than 100 varieties of Apples, and I con- 
sider the Patten's Greening among the best I have, if not the very best, considering the 
hardiness of tree and the fruitfulness thereof. I consider it safe for farmers to plant in Min- 
nesota. If they cannot raise fruit from Patten's Greening they had better give up the job. — 
Wm. Somerville. 
PEERLESS. Tree originated in central Minnesota in 1864 or 1805. It is astrong, vig- 
• orous grower. Bark very dark. Apple very large, splashed and striped 
with dull red, of a pleasant subacid flavor. Ripens in late fall or early winter. 
PETER. Ti'is variety was originated by Peter M. Gideon, Excelsior (near St. Paul), 
'- Minn. He says of it: "We take pleasure in calling attention of all lovers 
of fine fruit to what we consider the best A|iple grown. Origin, Wealthy seed, and in 
form, size and color an exact duplicate of the jiarent, but dilTei'ing in flavor and sea- 
son, keeping from four to six weeks longer. It is what, after tasting, Col. .John H. 
Stevens pronounced 'the best Apple ever introduced since Adam and Eve left the 
Garden of Eden. ' The fruit adheres well to the tree, which is a little hardier than 
the Duchess and Wealthy. At the Iowa State Fair the Peter Api)le was pronounced 
by the judges to be superior to the Wealthy in every respect. It a; pears to be one of 
the hardiest trees on our place." This variety, like all others of value in this sec- 
tion, originated in the Northwest. It has not been largely planted, for the reason that 
the fruit so closely resembles the Wealthy that many growers had considered it iden- 
tical with it. The tree is more vigorous than the Wealthy, and while the fruit closely 
resembles it, still wo consider it a better Apple. Mr. Gideon considered it superior to 
the Wealthy, and we believe that his estimate ot it will prove true in the Northwest. 
We consider that there can not be too miich good said ot this variety. 
