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Sweet and August Sweet, intended probably either for Early 

 Bougli or High Top Sweet. Two mention Moses Wood, and one 

 each. Barn Apple, (probably Early Harvest,) Summer Queen and 

 River. 



For autumn apples, the largest number recommend the Porter, 

 with nearly as many for Gravensteiu, about half as many for Win- 

 throp Greening, (some calling it Lincoln Pippin, and most of them 

 from Kennebec county). Next to this, Jewett's Red or Nodhead, 

 then Hubbardston Nonsuch and Duchess of Oldenburg ; one or two 

 each for Fall Greening, Jersey Greening, Fall Baldwin, (meaning 

 Kilham Hill,) Red Pearmain, Garden Royal, Aunt Haynah, Eaton's 

 Seedling, Dean or Nine Ounce apple, Somerset, and Gloria Mundi, 

 wrongly so called, the apple meant being a rich, sweet yellow fruit, 

 extensively grown in Androscoggin county and popular in Lewis- 

 ton market. 



For the best winter, twelve named the Baldwin ; eleven the 

 Rhode Island Greening ; nine, Hubbardston Nonsuch ; six, Jew- 

 ett's Red ; five, Bellflower ; four, each, Roxbury Russet and Min- 

 ister ; three, each. Golden Russet, Northern Spy and Ribston 

 Pippin, with one or two each for Nonsuch, (Old Nonsuch or Canada 

 Red,) American Golden Russet, Golden Pearmain (?), Blue Pear- 

 main, Black Oxford, Spitzenburg. 



For the best winter Sweet, Tolman's had a large majority and 

 Danvers came next, few others being named at all. 



For the three named as worthy extensive cultivation for profit, 

 Baldwin, Greening and Hubbardston Nonsuch had the largest num- 

 ber ; then others in the following order : Bell's Early, Gravenstein, 

 Minister, Jewett's Red, Roxbury Russet, and Black Oxford, with 

 one or two each for Williams', Red Astrachan, Sweet Bough, Por- 

 ter, Blue Pearmain, Gloria Mundi, (the sweet apple before alluded 

 to, true name unknown,) Porter, Nonsuch, (old,) Runnells', and 

 Golden Russet. The recommendations of early fruits for culture 

 with a view to profit, came chiefly from the neighborhood of good 

 markets, and suggests the remark that they have been altogether 

 too much neglected heretofore, thousands of barrels every year 

 being brought from other States and sold at higher prices than 

 winter apples bring, with all the care required before they go to 

 market. It is true they require rather higher culture, but they pay 

 well for it, if the market is large enough, and not too distant. 



For the best single variety for profit, Baldwin had the most votes, 

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