478 WISCONSIN FRUIT-GROWERS’ ASSOCIATION. 
Herefordshire Pearmain .*—Plumb— Super-excellent for high 
and dry, gravelly soils ; worthless on low lands ; fruit of the 
highest excellence for family use. 
Starin—Trees stand well, uninjured. 
Brayton—Has been damaged very little ; productive. 
Hanford—Tree uninjured ; fruit of the finest quality. 
j Rawle’s Janet .—Brayton—Injured on the north-west side, 
and since died. Should remove one-half the young fruit. 
Starin—Does well. 
Hanford—Does well with me, not productive while young, 
trees uninjured. 
Plumb—Good, hardy and productive, yet seems to want 
vigor of tree to make it popular for extensive culture. 
Jersey Blade .—Plumb —-Very vigorous, hardy and product¬ 
ive, one of the best fruits I have—little known. 
Northern Spy .—Starin—Tree proves hardy and healthy in 
bearing eight years after planting. 
Plumb—One of the best of apples, upright, quite hardy, re¬ 
quires age to bring it into bearing. 
Willey—Trees have been much damaged in southern prairie 
aspects. 
Vandervere , Syn. “ Vandervere Pippin .”—Salisbury—Sec¬ 
ond-rate fruit, would not recommend it. 
Plumb—Good and beautiful, especially on light gravelly soils 
where it grows to perfection—hardy and productive. 
Hanford—Would not be without it in my locality—have had 
it for ten years without a blemish. 
Willey—Tender in the nursery. 
Brayton—Would not recommend it on any soils ; proven too 
tender. 
Blue Pearmain .— ITanford—Unproductive, tree, hardy; 
fruit good. 
Brayton—Approaches iEsopus Spitzenburg In flavor, find it 
hardy in nursery, not subject to blow from trees. 
