tive appearance, and good
market qualities, I vote for it.

B. F. Smith (Douglas county): I vote for it because it is the best
commercial apple we have and stands high in the European markets. It
sells for six dollars a barrel in Hamburg.

WINESAP.

_Synonyms_: Winesop and Potpie Apple.

This is not only a good apple for the table, but it is also one of the
very finest cider fruits, and its fruitfulness renders it a great
favorite with orchardists. The tree grows rather irregularly, and does
not form a handsome head, but it bears early, and the apples have the
good quality of hanging late upon the trees without injury, while the
tree thrives well on sandy, light soils. The tree is very hardy, and one
of the most profitable orchard varieties wherever grown. Young wood
reddish brown, with smooth red buds. Fruit of medium size, rather
roundish oblong. Skin smooth, of a fine dark red, with a few streaks,
and a little yellow ground appearing on the shady side. Stalk nearly an
inch long, slender, set in an irregular cavity. Calyx small, placed in a
regular basin, with fine plaits. Flesh yellow, firm, crisp, with a rich,
high flavor. Very good. November to May.

Remarks on the Winesap by members of the State Horticultural Society:

C. C. Cook (Wabaunsee county): I strongly favor the Winesap, preferring
it to any apple I grow.

J. W. Robison (Butler county): The Winesap is desirable because of its
deep, rich color, its attractiveness, and high flavor. Its one principal
defect is over bearing. It is a good seller.

E. J. Holman: The excellences of the Winesap consist in its color, its
flavor, and its keeping quality. I would not recommend it for a
commercial orchard. I recommend it for the family orchard only.

W. G. Gano (Missouri): That is my view. I would not recommend it as a
commercial apple. The tree grows straggling, and is subject to insects,
and the winds affect them greatly, making them unprofitable in our
orchards. As a family apple, when grown to perfection, we can hardly
dispense with it.

F. W. Dixon: The Winesap trees on my farm are twenty-five years old, and
last year yielded ten bushels of marketable apples [per tree], besides
culls. I would not recommend the Winesap as a commercial apple, as it is
usually small.

Phillip Lux: I must say a good word for the Winesap. It has many traits
against it for profit; yet I would give it a place in the commercial
orchard. It falls early, and must be picked