
Variety T ests of Apples. 
‘The varieties of apples thus far received at this station for ae m 
testing have, with few exceptions, been top-worked on young 
bearing trees of Baldwin or Rhode Island Greening. In a fev . 
cases they were top-worked on some other variety and in several 
____ instances root-grafted or budded trees of the variety to be tested 
3 were planted. Many old varieties have been admitted to the © 
orchards for the sake of comparison with the newer sorts. a 
This top-working of varieties received at the station for testing __ 
















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Synonyms and temporary names of unnamed seedlings i in the u 
following pages are printed in italics. ‘ 
was begun in 1883, and since then has been continued at intervals 
_ till at the present time there are 399 kinds of apples and twenty 5) 
six kinds of crab. apples growing in the station orchards, mak- 
ing a total of 425 varieties. Ce 
__- Many of the kinds first introduced are now bearing froma 
‘= few fruits to three or four bushels per tree. One hundred and ~ 4 
_ three kinds of apples and thirteen kinds of crab apples were 
 fruited here in 1893, making the total number of varieties ry 
_ fruited 116. Notes on a few of these varieties are given below. ei 
_ Itshould be remembered that this report does not pretend to 
make a final statement as to the merits of these varieties, but ‘a 
4 simply shows their record thus far at this station. Undoubtedly — iy 
_ in some localities some of them will do better than they have done i 
here, in other places they may not do so well as they havedone 
here. Asthe trees become older, it will be possible tomake more . FE 
extended reports and to include new features that may be 
brought out by the data constantly accumulating in the station’s — ~ 
annual records. a 
NOTES ON VARIETIES. 
 Belborodooskcee.— A Russian variety. Medium to large, green 

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