THE SEEDLING APPLE. 
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THE SEEDLING APPLES, 
Exhibited at the Animal Fair of the Wisconsin State Agricultural Society, October, 1858, 
BY L. T. PENNINGTON. 
The exhibition of Seedling Apples at the Wisconsin State 
Fair, held in October, 1858, was highly creditable to the State 
and to the individuals producing them. Some of these it is 
hoped, after further trial, may be found worthy of a place 
among; those of established merit. 
I would not at this time, discuss the question of the dura¬ 
tion or existence of those varieties, which some claim, as fast 
going into decay, but call attention of cultivators to the impor¬ 
tance of building up, in every distinctly marked locality, a po¬ 
mology of their own. The laws of adaptation are as certain 
with regard to our trees, as they are to our animals, and only 
by a wise selection and a judicious propagation, can we arrive 
at results lasting and profitable. 
It is a fact too apparent to every one conversant with the po¬ 
mology of the Horth-Western States, that a great number of 
those varieties now under cultivation, must sooner or later give 
place to seedlings, better adapted to the soil and climate, or to 
a foreign importation; which before they can be trusted should 
be tested by a number of years of careful observation and ex¬ 
perience. 
Among our list of cultivated apples, and the same may ap¬ 
ply to our seedlings, there are many which, for a time, give 
much promise, but which, on more mature examination, and on 
further trial, are found deficient, not only in what constitutes a 
healthy and hardy tree, but also in the more important qualities 
of the fruit. 
Whether these imperfections, found in many of our apples^ 
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