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or Tallow Pippin, Rag Apple, Tart Bough, Sweet Bough and None- 

 such, so far as ray experience goes these are as good if not the best 

 of any we can grow for market or for home use. The Graven- 

 stei", Hubbardston Nonesuch, Porter, Pomme Gris, Early Joe, 

 and many other kinds'I have growing, hut these have not as yet 



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come into bearing sufficiently for me to test their worth ; they 

 are all highly recomniende^l and are worthy <>f a trial. 



The Middle apple, a native of this county, is one of the veiy 

 best,,but unless it can be improved by cultivation, wrU not pay to 

 grow for market, is rather a shy bearer and too large a proportion 

 of unfair fruit; so with the Newtown Pippin, (as regards its un- 

 fairness,) so much thought of in some sections. I have cultiva- 

 ted it for several years and have occasionally got some very fair 

 specimens, but in general they are wanting in the high flavor they 

 have when grown on the North river and further south. I would not 

 advise their cultivation for market ; the liigh Iduds in this county, 

 on the south side uf the Mohawk, is probably from eight to ten 

 or twelve hundred feet above tl\e level of tlie Muliawk, consequently 

 I think we don't have quite as long a growing season, nor In 

 general as warm a sun as in the valley. This may, and probably 

 does, in some measure, account for the diiference of many kinds 

 of fruit not growing larger and fairer, or maturing better. T have 

 paid some attention to the cultivation ot the Pear for the last few 

 years, not, however, of a very great variety, and would especially 

 recommend the White Doyenne (or Virgalieu,) and the Bartlett. 

 They, with me, have borne well, been fair, and of first rate 

 quality. I had a few for the first, last season, of the Flemish 

 Beauty, they were large and first rate ; my Louisn Bonne de Jersey, 

 are on standard stocks, have borne well, but have been deficient in 

 flavor; those I have on the quince have not come into bearing ; I 

 had a few the past seas m of what is called the Earl Pear, said to 

 be a native of this county, originated or is now growing on the 

 premises of Samuel and Robert Earl, in the village of Herkimer, 

 From what I have seen of the thriftiness and bearing of the trees, 

 size and quality of the fruit, on these premises, together with the 

 growth and bearing of two years from grafting on my own, I 

 think it highly deserving and would recommend its cultivation ; 

 I have several other kinds growing, some have borne and some 



