ANNUAL MEETING. 477 
WINTER APPLES. 
j Dumelow’s Seedling .*—Starin—Good grower; most produc¬ 
tive variety I have ; inclined to ever bear. 
Hanford—Tree hardy ; a cooking apple ; very tart. 
Plumb—Firm, tart, long-keeping; fine formed [fruit; tree 
vigorous, spreading and hardy ; will prove one of the most 
profitable for market purposes. 
English Russet* —Plumb—One of the'best of apples ; tree 
late grower and tender, except upon high and dry soils. 
Hanford—Should be planted only in favorable locations. 
Willey—Has proven very tender upon undrained prairie 
soils. 
Baldwin .*—JBrayton—Nursery trees all killed ; shy hearer. 
Hanford—Shall propagate no more of the trees, except 
worked standard high ; fruit variable ; sometimes good, often 
affected with bitter rot. 
Willey—Poo tender in nursery ; have not propagated any 
for three years. 
Plumb—Almost a total failure in the strong soils of the North 
west, yet the specimens fruited by us are fully equal to their 
eastern reputation. 
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.Domine .*—Plumb—Very, productive ; good quality and 
keeping ; vigorous ; valuable for light sandy soils. 
Starin—Productive ; early bearer ; tree rather tender. 
Hanford—Tree good grower ; rather tender ; comes into 
bearing early ; productive fruit, not of high quality ; would 
not plant largely. 
Salisbury—Would discard it. 
Bed Bomanite .*—Bray ton—Hardy. 
Hanford—Tree hardy ; quality of fruit poor. 
Plumb—Extremely hardy, and adapted to the prairies as a 
market fruit for spring shipping. 
