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Oldenburgh is a beautiful and excellent apple, though but little culti- 

 vated as yet in the State. The Gravenstein^ inti'oduced from Germany, 

 and ripening at mid-autumn, is almost without a rival. As a vigorously 

 growing tree, a great bearer, and a beautiful and fair fruit of exceed- 

 ingly rich flavor, it stands first among the first. The Alexander^ also 

 a large fair fruit, and an abundant bearer, is worthy of cultivation, though 

 the flavor can hardly be classed as first-rate. The Maiden's Blush is 

 a remarkably fair and beautiful fruit, and a great bearer, and hence is 

 well adapted to the market ; but, though much celebrated, it is cer- 

 tainly as low as second-rate in flavor ; hogs, which running in an or- 

 chard, soon become good judges, always hold it in much contempt. 

 The Faumese, the Porter, and Belle Bonne, are fine autumn apples. 



Late Autumn and Early Winter Apples. — The best among these 

 are the Rambo, the Ribsfon Pippin, and the Fall Pippin, all of which 

 are decidedly first-rate apples, and good bearers. The Bell/lower, 

 perhaps a little later, is a very fine and remarkably tender fruit ; 

 though an abundant bearer and fair fruit, it does not appear to be 

 well adapted to the market, its very thin skin and delicate texture 

 rendering it peculiarly liable to bruises, which soon turn dark and 

 disfigure the surface. 



Winter Apples. — These, from the long period they supply us with 

 fresh fruit, while other fruits are gone, the facility with which they 

 are transported to distances, and the consequent important place they 

 hold in commerce, place them as first in consequence among cultiva- 

 ted fruit. The finest and best known varieties are — Rhode Island 

 Greening, the most famous market apple in western New-York, re- 

 markable for the fine and free growth of the tree, its great product- 

 iveness, and its large, smooth, and well keeping fruit j Esopus Spit- 

 zenburgh, a good bearer, and a fine, handsome, and very rich fruit, 

 not only fine for the table, but pre-eminently so for stewing ;* the 

 Swaar, a good bearer, and regarded by many as the best of all winter 

 apples ; the Baldwin, a great bearer — a handsome and very excellent 

 fruit ; Rede's Pleasant, a great and constant bearer, and remarkable 

 for its smooth and handsome surface and excellent flavor. The three 

 last are distinguished for that peculiar richness of taste and medium 

 between sweet and sour, so pleasing to most palates ; the two first 



• The Jonathan, a new variety — originated from the Spitzenburgh, and introduced by 

 Judge Buel — is a beautiful and excellent apple, and great bearer. 



