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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



HuBBARDSTON Nonsuch. Origin, Hubbardston, Mass. One of the 

 best and most popular late autumn and early winter apples, and 

 worthy of extensive culture. Fruit of large size, rouydish, a little 

 oblong, and slightly narrowed near the eye. . Skin yellowish, 

 mostly covered with stripes and splashes of red, and often some- 



HUBBARDSTON NONStJCH. 



what russetty. Flesh yellowish white, juicy and tender, with a 

 mild agreeable flavor, mingling sweetness with acidity. The tree 

 is hardier than the Baldwin, and generally hardy enough ; a good 

 grower and very productive. Recommended for extensive culti- 

 vation. Mr. Taber says he has sometimes seen thrifty trees killed 

 to the scion, apparently in consequence of being grafted with this 

 sort — an observation I have never known made by others. No- 

 vember to February. 



Haskell's Sweet — Sassafras Sweet. A rather largo, flattish, 

 sweet apple of excellent quality, which originated in Ipswich, 

 Mass. Skin yellowish, with foint blush next the sun. Flesh ten- 

 der, juicy, sweet and rich. Tree hardy, vigorous and productive; 

 bears young. October. 



