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to the propriety or expediency of propagating this apple. I 

 allude to the Red Astrachan ; a large, dark-colored apple, 

 round, but a little flattened, — very different in shape from the 

 "Williams, — a pretty sharp acid, but growing to a good size, 

 with a white bloom upon it which makes it very beautiful. It 

 is an apple that will command a good price in the market, and 

 it is earlier than the Williams. I should recommend that as a 

 good early productive apple, and hardy in tree. 



Then, for an early sweet apple, I don't know any better than 

 the Early Sweet Bough. The August Sweeting, I think it is 

 called in some localities ; the Large Yellow Bough of Downing. 

 It has quite a number of synonyms, I believe. It is not a great 

 bearer ; you never have to shore up the branches, because of the 

 weight of the crop ; but it is an annual bearer. It is one of those 

 kinds that bear sparsely, and bear every year, to some extent. 

 I have always regarded it as profitable. It always commands a 

 good price in the market, for a sweet apple. 



Then there is another which is a trifle later. That is to say, 

 it is a little later in beginning to ripen, but it is gone about the 

 same time that the Early Sweet Bough is. This is the Connec- 

 ticut Sweet ; in some places the Golden Sweet, though there is 

 another. It is not so yellow as one Golden Sweet I have seen, 

 but it is the Golden Sweet of Connecticut. It is a light-colored 

 apple, a beautiful growing tree — better than the other — a good 

 bearer, and salable. These two, for early sweet apples, I regard 

 as good as any within my knowledge now. 



For the later varieties, I would mention the Porter. We can- 

 not very well discard the Porter, although in some localities it 

 does not do very well. It is prolific, and we should scarcely 

 feel like doing without it, anyhow. It is an apple that is tender 

 with me, and should be handled as carefully, or more so, than 

 you would handle eggs, if you were to carry them to market. 

 It would never do to carry them in a bag, as you would potatoes. 

 If you do you will hav.c a remarkable looking bag of apples 

 when you arrive at market. That is a good apple. Then there 

 is the Lyscom. I hardly know what to say of that. It is a 

 good growing tree, a good bearer also, and the fruit grows to a 

 fine size. It is known in some localities as Osgood's Favorite. 

 It is a little too mild to suit almost everybody. People remark 

 to me sometimes, when I am in the market, that they cannot 



