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list. This place is filled by the Large Yellow Bough. Though too sweet for 

 pies or sauces, it is next to the Early Harvest for desserts, and is the favorite 

 of all the sweet-loving children. Tlie tree is an annual bearer. 



THE PEIMATE. 



This valuable and delicious apple should have a place in every family orchard. 

 It is the queen of summer dessert. It stretches over the last weeks of summer 

 and late in the autumn ; yes, from August to October. Strange that so 

 valuable a fruit should have no historical origin. Downing says that the true 

 history of the origin of the Primate has not yet been written. It is a sort of 

 Gipsey, growing in various States, under different and provincial names. Some 

 of these names are suggestive : Eough and Ready, North American Best, July 

 apple ; these and other names are expressive of its season, value, and the strong, 

 hardy and stocky growth of the trees. Early in the season it is a light green, 

 and later a light yellow, not un frequently tinged Avith a slight blush. The 

 flesh is fine grained, very juicy, very agreeable. You will always remember the 

 Primate. Its memory lingers like a thing of beauty. The invalid of autuma 

 will be apt to recollect its refreshing power. It is well named, and is among 

 the first of dessert fruits. 



THE AMATEUR LIST. 



We now come to the amateur summer list. Here we shall only expect the 

 highest quality of dessert fruit, something fit to eat. Now we cater for the 

 delectation of the palate. In this list we have several varieties, two of which, 

 the Early Harvest and the large Yellow Bough, we have mentioned. 



THE CAROLINA RED JUNE. 



The Carolina Red June is said to be a Southern fruit. Carolina shakes 

 hands with Michigan in this handsome fruit. A southern apple does not 

 always flourish in northern soils, but the Red June is an exception. It is the 

 most valuable early apple in northern Illinois and adjacent region, and in 

 southwest Michigan, we find this apple at home. Barry mentions the fact 

 that he has seen good specimens which came from Kalamazoo. It is about as 

 large as the Summer Queen, or medium. Very red on the outside, and very 

 white in the inside; the flesh is very tender, juicy, sub-acid, with a sprightly 

 agreeable flavor. It continues to ripen for four weeks, a valuable quality in a 

 summer fruit. The tree is a fine erect grower, hard}', bears young and abund- 

 antly. 



SINE QUA NON. 



If Mr. "William Prince, of Long Island, had accomplished no other good 

 work but originate this variety, his name would certainly be cherished by his 

 grateful countrymen. Unlike most of the above varieties, this tree is a slender, 

 slow grower, but the quality of this fruit is of exquisite tenderness and flavor. 

 It ripens two weeks after the Early Harvest. The flesh is a greenish white, 

 fine grained, and moderately juicy. The fruit is round, inclined to be conical, 

 medium, smooth surface, of a pale greenish yellow. Strictly an amateur fruit. 



EARLY STRAWBERRY. 



This is another beautiful amateur variety for the orchard and garden. 

 Though small in size it is one of the most i)opular summer sorts in the New 

 York market, and originated in that neighborhood. An esteemed author, Mr. 

 Manning, of Salem, describes it as the American Red Juneating. Its surface 

 is smooth, splashed with bright and dark red, on a yellowish white ground. 



