504 Wisconsin State Agricultural Society. 
Siberian Hybrids. Large size is desirable, also high color, blit these 
qualities are not so-essential as those before named. 
Uses —The manufacturers of jelly tell us that the native crab is 
superior to all others for that purpose, and the Transcendent next. 
All know how refreshing and healthful is good acid fruit in the 
spring time, and none is more easily grown and kept than our best 
winter Siberians. The very sweet and sub-acid varieties will give 
a combination to suit any taste without the addition of sugar. The 
consumption of fruit, in general, is limited only by the supply; price 
is only a nominal consideration. Twenty-five per cent, reduction 
in price will generally increase the consumption one hundred per 
cent, if there is a supply, and the better class of Siberians are no 
exception to this rule, bringing equal or better prices in all our 
markets with the best of apples. But these are only secondary con¬ 
siderations in the question before us. The immense extension of 
the area of successful apple-growing is the main point of this pa¬ 
per. The use of Siberians and Hybrids promise much, and is work¬ 
ing grandly for this end. 
I believe in “home-grown fruits” for every land and clime where 
it is fit that man should dwell, and I confidently predict that 
though this injection of the Siberian u blood ” the area of apple¬ 
growing will be extended from two hundred to five hundred miles 
further north, and from the great lakes to Alaska’s range. 
