In all the 500 or more seedling varieties of apples of Minnesota origin shown at the late state fair, which were the cream of at least 2,000 varieties that have fruited in the past season, it is not at all un

FIG. 1. Description.-Size, 5% to 7; weight, 5 to 7 ounces; form, roundish oblate, slightly conical; color, greenish yellow and red, striped with numerous gray dots over the surface; stalk, long, slender and elastic; cavity, regular, broad and deep; calyx, open, broad, shallow, wrinkled; flesh, white, half fine, tender; flavor, pleasant acid, inclining to sub-acid, good; season, a little later than Duchess, or late August and early September.

Samples for testing were furnished by R. C. Livingston, Spring Valley, and are from the original tree.

likely that there are a score or more having peculiar merits that will make them valuable additions to our pomology. The five minutes alloted to this paper will allow the mention of but few of them and the doing of justice to none of them.

The Nelson. The Nelson is a chance seedling, grown in the spring of 1877, at Spring Valley, Fillmore county, by Andrew Nelson. The tree is handsome, a thrifty grower and free fruiter and apparently hardy, as it has stood the test of our Minnesota winters since 1877 without harm to but one branch and so far has been absolutely free from blight. The fruit is about the size of the Duchess of Oldenburg, ripens at about the same time or just a little later, of far better quality, and this year kept in good condition two weeks later. (See outline and description Fig. 1). This variety is being propagated in the nurseries of Fillmore county, and will not be allowed to be cornered. Trees and scions can be secured at most reasonable prices.

The Holt. The Holt had its origin at or near St. Charles, Winona county, some twenty-five years since. Of its early history I have no knowledge. It was propagated by Wm. McHenry, of St. Charles, to some extent, some fifteen to twenty years since, but probably not

HOLT.

FIG. 2. Description.-Size, 4 to 5; weight. 4%1⁄2 ounces; form, round; color, yellowish green, changing to light yellow when fully ripe, with a brownish blush cheek on sun side, and often showing one to three brown russet lines extending from base toward the eye; stem, short and stout in a medium regular russetted cavity; calyx, small, closed, in a medium shallow ribbed or wrinkled basin; flesh, yellowish, tender, juicy; flavor, rich sub-acid, good; season, early September.

very much distributed. The only place I have seen it fruiting is in the orchards of O. M. Lord, at Minnesota City. As that is a very trying situation for successful orcharding, I am very favorably impressed with the behavior of the tree. I have visited it and seen it in fruit each of the last seven years. The tree is a moderately vigerous, symmetrical grower, a regular annual bearer and stands well where varieties around it blight badly, and makes a good, annual growth at the same time it is perfecting a crop of fruit. The fruit is of medium size, smooth, of fine appearance and excellent quality; use, desert; season, early September.

Lord's Seedling L. The "Seedling L" is a seedling of the Wealthy, by O. M. Lord, of Minnesota City. The tree is a fairly strong grower, of very good habit and an early fruiter, less subject to blight than its parent, the Wealthy. The fruit is of full medium size, good form and attractive appearance; season, probably early winter.

T. Johnson No. 6., or Norse. This is a variety of considerable merit that I have been watching closely for the past five or six years. The tree is about thirty-five years old and was grown from seed brought over from Norway and planted by a Mr. Tobias Johnson, in Houston county, where it now stands. It does not show signs of ever having received any injury from severe winters or any other cause. The tree is headed low and has a rather broad spreading habit, the head being over thirty feet across. The originator and his wife having deceased a few years since, I am unable to learn at what age it began to bear fruit but think that it was an early bearer.

LORD'S SEEDLING L.

FIG. 3. Description.-Size, 5; weight, 6 ounces; form, round ovate, conical; color, yellowish ground, nearly covered with bright pinkish red; stalk, long, in a medium narrow, deep, greenish cavity; calyx, closed in an abrupt, narrow, deep, ribbed basin; flesh, white, often slightly stained with pink, fine ground, juicy; flesh, pleasant acid flavor; core, small and closed; season, winter. It now produces some fruit annually and produces heavily on alternate years. I should estimate that the crop this year would measure twenty-five bushels. In 1896, twenty-four bushels were sold from the tree, netting the owner $14.50. The fruit is always fair, of about medium size, smooth, round, conical form, greenish yellow and red striped and thickly sprinkled over with large whitish dots, and if allowed to hang until fully ripe, is covered with a bluish bloom. The cavity is narrow and deep; stalk, medium long, with calix closed, in a shallow, wrinkled basin; core, small and closed. The flesh is nearly fine grained, yellowish white, sometimes stained with red; flavor, pleasant sprightly scid; season, late autumn.