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of the fruit were selected and brought to the Station and placed 
on exhibition. Many of the seedlings resembled well-known 
named varieties of apples in general cultivation, and nurserymen > 
and fruit growers named many of the specimens from their 
close resemblance to such well-known sorts as Spitzenburgh, — 
Northern Spy, Fallwater, Greening, Maiden’s Blush, ete. 
Cions of the thirty-two from which fruit was selected have been 
secured and placed in safe-keeping for grafting in bearing trees 
the coming spring. The object of this work is not only to test these 
seedlings for the qualities which they may possess in themselves, 
but also for work in cross-fertilization with named varieties in 
cultivation, growing of seedlings from vigorous native stocks, and 
such other work as may be suggested in the future tending toward 
the improvement of our varieties of the apple. The results of 
this work can not be obtained in one season or perhaps in one 
lifetime, but we believe it to be in one of the most promising 
lines of effort for the improvement of the apple, and reports of 
progress will be given in the future as the work progresses. 
Peracu, Pium, APRICOT. 
Of these fruits but few of the newer varieties have been set long 
enough to bear sufficient fruit to warrant a report as to their 
probable value for general cultivation. As in the case of the © 
apples first grafted at the Station many of the varieties are of the 
older ones in cultivation and were planted as standards by which 
to judge of the value of new varieties as they come into bearing. 
Many of these produced a full crop of fruit the past season. 
Rollingstone, Robinson, Potawatamie, Weaver and other of the 
native varieties of plum bore several specimens of fruits, but aside | 
from their appearance, which is very attractive, they are of doubt- _ 
ful value for general culture in this locality. The same is true of 
the Russian apricots so far as tested. 
eC he ONS OF SOME OF THE NEWER: VARIETIES | 
OF GRAPES. 
| dir ondack.—Clusters few, medium size, not shaitdered : berries 
nearly round, medium, not as large as Concord, black; skin of 
medium thickness, firm, does not crack, light bloom ; pulp yellow- 
ish white, melting, separating readily from seeds; seeds two to 
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