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WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
SECOND DAY—EVENING SESSION. 
VARIETIES OF FRUIT. 
(For those marked, *, see Transactions of 1855.) 
SUMMER APPLES. 
j Early Harvest. —J. C. Brayton—With mo it is semi-hardy; 
numbers sometimes killed. 
Plumb—It is hardy, under favorable circumstances; must 
have a dry, heavy soil, of moderate richness; have the top very 
low; body shaded; on elevated ground, with free circulation of 
air, it has succeeded well. 
Hanford—Tree profitable; very productive every other year, 
and bearing moderately intermediate years; indispensible; no 
other variety to take its place; must have dry ground; never 
plant it upon that which is not. 
Salisbury—It does well when worked in the top, or any¬ 
where above the ground. 
Brayton—Any slow grower is improved by grafting. 
D. Mathews—Have found it good in every respect. 
Recommended in favorable positions and soils. 
Early Red. —Brayton—It has no reliable history; came 
from Indiana; is a very rapid grower; long, slender shoots; dis¬ 
tinctive character, very thorny, like seedlings, hardy. 
Plumb—It ranks among the very hardiest orchard trees; 
moderate early bearer; fine flavor and appearance; one of the 
the hardiest; thorny. The true early red is not found describ¬ 
ed in any of the fruit books; it is probably a western fruit. 
Hanford—Perfectly hardy as an orchard and nursery tree; 
not fruited it. 
Red As trichan* —Hanford—Is a valuable cooking apple; 
rather acid for the dessert; bearing moderately while young. 
G. J. Kellogg—Promises well. 
Willey—Tree is hardy; rapid grower;early bearer. 
Becommended for general cultivation. 
