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red cheek in the sun. Flesh tender, crisp, juicy, with a rich, 

 sprightly flavor. Good from September to November, and I have 

 seen them in perfect condition in January. In Kennebec county 

 it is often heavily loaded with perfect fruit. In my grounds it has 

 proved less productive, and the fruit is often blown off. Not an 

 early bearer, but a vigorous grower, and becomes a tree of the 

 largest size. 



Woods' Sweet. Scions of this very handsome fruit were sent 

 me by Mr. Charles Downing, in the spring of 1856, and survived 

 the severe winter following without injury, thus exhibiting unusual 

 hardiness. It originated in Sudbury, Vermont, and is there con- 

 sidered the finest sweet apple in cultivation. Fruit medium to 

 large, oblate. Skin waxen or oily, light yellow, shaded and 

 striped with fine rich red. Flesh white, tender, juicy and sweet, 

 with a delicate, rich flavor. A good grower, of upright habit and 

 productive ; succeeds well in the nursery. September to Novem- 

 ber. 



Crab Apples, for preserving and ornament. Among the best of 

 these are the Large Red Siberian, Large Yellow Siberian, the Wax 

 Crab, and the Transcendant. The trees are objects of beauty 

 both when in bloom and when laden with their abundant clusters 

 of golden and crimson fruit. They are extremely hardy and very 

 productive. The fruit of the Cherry Crab is too small for use, but 

 it is as ornamental as any. The Chinese Double Flowering Apple 

 has not proved hardy. 



DwABF Apples. 



These have not been much cultivated in Maine. They are of 

 two sorts. Those worked upon the Doucain stock (called Paradise 

 by the English) and those upon the one known by the French as 

 the Paradise stock. Upon the Doucain, which is the hardier of the 

 two, they need from eight to ten feet room and attain a size suflB- 

 cient to bear a bushel or more of fruit. Upon the Paradise stock 

 they are of smaller growth and may be set at five or six feet apart- 

 With a shortening in of the shoots they may be kept about the size 

 of a stout currant bush, and bear profusely. Neither of them are 

 suitable for ordinary orchard culture, but in the fruit garden are 

 very desirable, being ornamental and yielding much gratification. 



