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eat the Lyscom apple — there isn't body enough to it ; they don't 

 know they have apple in their mouths while they are eating it, 

 because they cannot taste it. Last autumn they grew very large 

 and sold finely. I do find a few families who like them, and 

 some shops where they are willing to buy them, where they sell 

 readily. The skin is rather thick and tough. That is one 

 objection ; but I do not regard it as much of an objection to an 

 apple you are going to carry to market. It is not delicate 

 enough, for the table, but on account of its fine size and showy 

 appearance it is a good fruit for the market. I find in my 

 market — Lowell — that it is the showy things that sell. I recol- 

 lect making that remark to a lady, (I believe she was a maiden 

 lady,) and she said she had been made to feel very sensibly that 

 it was the looks of a thing that sold it. 



There is another still later apple that I regard as an excellent 

 one to raise for market and table use ; that is the Mother apple. 

 It is a very late autumn apple, a good bearer, pretty hardy in 

 tree, an upright grower, and makes a handsome tree in the 

 nursery. It is in eating about the time of the Hubbardston — 

 perhaps beginning a little before — but different in flavor and 

 different in character. It is a little more juicy and more tender 

 than the Hubbardston, and would suit some tastes much better. 



I regard the Hubbardston as one of the most profitable 

 varieties to cultivate. In our locality it did remarkably well 

 this year. I never knew them fairer or handsomer, and the trees 

 bore just as full as we desired to have them. The Hubbardston 

 is a good market apple, but it is a little too mild, as almost 

 everybody says. They do not like to buy it for cooking. It 

 does very well to put upon the counter, and many families like 

 the apple very much. There are some exceedingly partial to 

 them. I had a plate of them on exhibition at Lowell, and a 

 gentleman came along and wished to know if I had any for sale. 

 I said I had a few, and he said he wanted a barrel of them for 

 his daughter, for there was no apple in the world she liked so 

 well. You will find a good many who prefer them to the 

 Baldwin, especially before spriug. I never eat a Baldwin until 

 spring myself. 



Now, as to the Baldwin, I would say that, although it is a 

 very handsome growing tree in the nursery, the wood is not so 

 hardy as that of many others. It is liable, in some instances, to 



