WALTON, nurseryman, Malvern Station, Iowa, writes March 17: " I send • you an apple for a name. A friend of mine has one tree of this sort. We intended to have sent you several specimens early in the winter by our senator, when he went to Des Moines early in the winter, but failed to reach town before he left. The tree is a good grower, but a stranger to me. There are a good many apples in this country unnamed - some worthy of attention and some not. I will endeavor to favor you with specimens next fall."

Remarks: - The apple was received, but somehow or other mysteriously disappeared before we had given it special attention. Hope for more specimens next fall.

Silas G. Goss, Border Plains, Iowa, writes of a new seedling: "I send you a few cions from the best seedling tree, all things considered - out of 175 sorts of seedlings and 17 sorts of grafted apples, all in bearing from my orchard. Tree hardy, upright grower, dwarfish, sheds its leaves early, young twigs and terminal buds downy. Tree came into bearing early and an annual bearer, stands where the seed was planted, which was brought from Portage county, Ohio, 17 years ago. Fruit medium to large, streaked with dark red, sub-acid; quality good to best; season late fall to early winter. Will send specimens of fruit next fall."