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COOPERATIVE EXTENSION WORK IN 
AGRICULTURE AND HOME 
ECONOMICS 
State off Kentucky 
Lexington, Ky., Dec. 20, 1932. 
Mr. W. A. Samdefur, 
Green River Home Nursery, 
Robards, Kentucky. 
Dear Mr. Sandefur: 
The Polly Eades is a Maiden Blush with more 
blush, more size, and far less susceptible to blotch. 
As I have observed it, it bears early in life, bears 
annual crops, and although slightly susceptible to 
blight, this apparently is now being controlled sat¬ 
isfactorily with weak Bordeaux when in full 
bloom. 
I will write you about my peach trees and nec¬ 
tarines during the Holidays. 
Very truly yours, 
W. W. MAGILL, 
Field Agent in Horticulture. 
PURDUE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL 
EXPERIMENT STATION 
Lafayette, Indiana, June 4, 1930. 
W. A. Sandefur, 
Robards, Kentucky. 
Gentlemen: Yesterday much to my surprise a 
nice package of Polly Eades apples appeared in 
my office from our cold storage. Evidently this 
package had come in for me during the month of 
January while I was in Florida and had been so 
safely put away that no one found it on my return. 
You will be interested to know that none of this 
fruit showed any decay and was beautiful in ap¬ 
pearance but, of course, the duality and texture was 
gone, as you would normally expect of an apple 
which has a season of consumption around Septem¬ 
ber and October as the latest. I want to thank you 
very much for giving me the privilege of seeing this 
fruit and I hope to see you at the Kentucky State 
Fair this fall where I except to judge the fruit 
exhibits. 
Very truly yours, 
C. L. BURKHOLDER. 
Assistant Chief in Horticulture. 
Note.—The above letter refers to a box of Polly 
Eades apples sent to Professor Burkholder on Feb¬ 
ruary 1st that had been in storage since July of 
1929, and overlooked till the above date of June, 
1930. Some record for a summer apple, don’t 
you think i 
PURDUE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL 
EXPERIMENT STATION 
Lafayette, Indiana, Feb. 1, 1930. 
W. A. Sandefur, 
Green River Home Nursery, 
Robards, Kentucky. 
Dear Sir: On my return to Lafayette today I 
find your letter regarding the Polly Eades apple. It 
happens that day before yesterday at Lexington. 
Kentucky, I was present at a little meeting of 
growers and extension men in which this particular 
variety came up for discussion and was very favor¬ 
ably commented upon. Mr. McCown, our own Ex¬ 
tension Pomologist, has been very favorably im¬ 
pressed with the variety also. There have been 
very few commercial plantings of apples which 
ripen at that season in Indiana but this past season 
has resulted in a keen interest because of the ex¬ 
tremely high prices of good apples ripening at that 
season. I, personally, have seen the apple growing 
at the old Kleiderer orchard at Henderson, also at 
the Barrett orchard. It seems to have a very desir¬ 
able habit of bearing annually and to me is much 
more attractive than Maiden Blush. Professor 
Magill tells me that it is not susceptible to apple 
blotch as that variety. I am referring your letter 
and catalog to Mr. McCown, as he will undoubtedly 
have questions arise in his special meetings re¬ 
garding an apple variety for this season and may 
be able to refer some buyers to you. 
Very truly yours, 
C. L. BURKHOLDER, 
Assistant Chief in Horticulture. 
KENTUCKY CARDINAL ORCHARDS 
GROWERS AND PACKERS 
PEACHES AND APPLES 
Henderson, Ky., Dec. 5, 1932. 
Mr. W. A. Sandefur, Robards, Ky. 
Dear Mr. Sandefur: 
Our experience with the Polly Eades apple con¬ 
tinues extremely favorable. This is certainly the 
most regular bearer of large size uniform fruit we 
have ever known, and seems to have established a 
place in the market which is making it uniformly 
profitable. We feel that this apple does have a 
bright future. 
Yours very truly, 
FRANK T. STREET, Manager. 
At Kentucky State Fair. Our THIRD First Prize Exhibit out of three years with 26 other Blues out 
of 27 entries. Note the Silver Cup. From this class of trees come the nursery stock we sell. 
