m at the time you want to take them out. I believe I could sell
any of mine for three or four dollars apiece. I think that would be one
way of disposing of them after you wanted to take them out of the
standard orchard on account of room. That is just a thought of mine.

When I got my first ones eight years ago I gave one to a man who lives
in North Minneapolis, at 1824 Bryant Avenue North. Any one can see it
who lives up in that section. The first year he had twenty-nine apples,
and it has borne each year since. The one which I have transplanted and
which bore last year is a Bismarck. It is a little better apple, in my
mind, than the Duchess. It is a good deal like the Duchess but is a
better keeper and has a better flavor than the Duchess.

[Illustration: Dwarf Bismarck, fourth year, at Dr. Huestis']

I would like to read a quotation to show that the dwarf tree is not a
late thing. Recommending dwarf trees for gardens, "Corbett's English
Garden," published in 1829, says: "I do hope if any gentleman makes a
garden he will never suffer it to be disfigured by the folly of a
standard tree, which the more vigorous its growth the more mischievous
its growth to the garden."

Marshall says, "The fewer standard trees in the garden the better." Also
that the dwarfs are less trouble to keep in order and are generally more
productive, and that "placed eight or nine feet distant, pruned and kept
in easy manner, they make a fine appearance and produce good fruit."
W.C. Drury, highly regarded as a modern English authority, writing in
1900 says: "For the private garden or for market purposes the dwarf, or
bush, apple tree is one of the best and most profitable forms that can
be planted." He also says: "The bush is one of the best forms of all, as
it is of a pleasing shape and as a rule bears good and regular crops."

Mr. Clausen: Don't you have trouble with the mice?

Dr. Huestis: No, sir, have never seen any.

Mr. Clausen: I had an experience a few years ago. My neighbor made a
mistake; he was hauling straw around his apple trees, and he happened to
take one row of mine. We had no fence between us--and he laid the straw
around the trees. I found when I came to examine these trees in the
spring they were all girdled around the bottom. I am afraid to mulch.

Dr. Huestis: I never have taken any chances. Ever troubled with the mice
at your place, Mr. Weld?

Mr. Weld: A little.

Dr. Huestis: I have never had any trouble with th