ets. You have more rainfall in the eastern part of
the state. It is hardy, possibly hardier than Ben Davis, but it falls
early. It is much like Winesap, requiring more moisture than other
varieties. When not much exposed to winds it does well. Of late our
rainfall is not sufficient, and they are not doing so well, but since
trying irrigation they do better.

William Cutter: I live too far west for the Jonathan. It will not stand
drought or wind. It ripens too early. It is a cold-storage apple. The
worst spur blight I ever saw was on them.

B. F. Smith: It is a good wet-weather apple. If there is plenty of
moisture, they do fine. I gather them about the 10th of September, and
they keep until the next spring. I tried to see how long I could keep
them. They should be about third on the commercial list.

MISSOURI PIPPIN.

_Synonym_: Missouri Keeper.

It is said to have originated in the orchard of Brink Hornsby, Johnson
county, Missouri. Tree hardy, a strong, upright, rather spreading
grower, an early and abundant annual bearer. Fruit medium to large,
roundish oblate, slightly oblique, somewhat flattened at the ends; skin
pale, whitish yellow, shaded, striped and splashed with light and dark
red, often quite dark in the sun, having many large and small light and
gray dots; stalk short, small; cavity large, deep; calyx closed, or half
open; basin rather abrupt, deep, slightly corrugated; flesh whitish, a
little coarse, crisp or breaking, moderately juicy, subacid; good; core
small. January to April.

Remarks on the Missouri Pippin by members of the State Horticultural
Society:

C. C. Cook: I am a warm friend of the Missouri Pippin, and vote it
second. It is a short-lived tree, but brings paying returns for expense
and trouble. It has a fairly good flavor.

J. W. Robison: The Missouri Pippin is a young and profuse bearer, and
quite hardy with me. I should place it second on the list.

E. J. Holman: I have eliminated it from my family orchard, and give it
only standing-room as a commercial fruit, and there rate it second [in
quality]. There can be more money made from it in a few years than from
any apple we have. It is the youngest bearing tree we have. It grows to
a good size, and by some is preferred to Ben Davis. The great merit of
this apple is in its youthful productiveness, good color, and marketable
quality.

W. G. Gano: I do not approve of planting it thickly, intending to let it
remain. It is apt to ov