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farms bordering the timber skirting the streams, are all more or less pro- 

 vided with orchards, large or small. 



I will now make a few remarks, that observation and inquiry have 

 led me to believe connect, on the different varieties of apples : 



Duchess of Oldenburg — Perfectly hardy ; an annual, early, and great 

 bearer on all soils; of large, handsome fruit; quality second rate. 



Red Astrachan — Neither a good nor regular bearer, except on timber 

 land, with gravel sub-soil. 



Red yunc — Tardy in coming into bearing; good bearer; but fruit 

 altogether too small to be valuable in this county, especially for the 

 market. 



Col^s Quince — Spoken of very highly by Messrs. Forbes as an early 

 bearer; perfectly hardy; good market apple. 



Fameuse or Snow — Not very early bearer ; good for prairie ; not for 

 light soils. 



Maidens Blush — Spoken of by some on prairie as not being per- 

 fectly hardy ; the reverse the case on light soils and on the bottom lands ; 

 an early and immense annual bearer of very fine market fruit. 

 Ranibo — Tender; not valuable. 



Sweet June — Conducts itself well on the prairie ; early, hardy, good 

 bearer; good quality. 



Sweet Bough — Poor bearer; tender in tree. 



Hawley — Shy bearer. 



Early Pennock — On prairie, the tree seems to be defective ; on light 

 soils good. 



Early Harvest — Generally a poor bearer. 



Wagoner — Good and very early bearer; tree moderately hardy. 



Jonathan — Sufficiently hardy; an early bearer; hangs well. 



Winesap — Perfectly hardy; tardy in coming into bearing, but a 

 great bearer. 



Willow Twig — Perfectly hardy ; an early bearer of first-rate market 

 fruit. 



Gilpin or Little Rofnanite — Hardy; good and early bearer. 



Domine — In north part of the county it is not spoken very well of, 

 but in the central and southern part it is an immense bearer, alternate 

 years, of excellent fruit, both for market and family use; tree perfectly 

 hardy. I have found a number of trees of this variety, top-grafted on 

 the Yellow Bellflower, that annually bear immense crops of extra fine 

 fruit. 



English Golden Russet — Good and sure bearer everywhere; tree 

 very thrifty. Roxbury Russet, do. 



7l^/«/^/er— Perfectly hardy; an early and sure bearer of large, fine 

 apples, which hang well to tree and also keep well. 



