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twenty years. These apples commence ripening with the Early Harvest, and 

 last for two or three months ; they are more mild and pleasant and of larger 

 size. The tree is stocky, upright, with a broad, deep green, heavy leaf. 



"Perhaps from the above you may be able to find out what the apple is and 

 the true name. In the meantime I would suggest that it be called tlie Harvest 

 or Primate apple; perhaps the latter name would be more appropriate, as the 

 former might be confounded with the Early Harvest, and it is generally known 

 by the name of ' Primate.' 



(Signed), "A. FAHNESTOCK, 



" Syracuse Nursery. 



" Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 2, 1851." 



In the Magazine of Horticulture for 1852, page 115, I find the following: 



"The Primate Apple. — Some time since we gave some account of the 

 history of this apple, by Mr. A. Falinestock, of Syracuse, New York. Our 

 ■correspondent, J. C. Holmes, of Michigan, having noticed Mr. Fahnestock's 

 communication, in which he traced the apple back to some scions engrafted 

 by Mr. Lymnn Tubbs, now of Michigan, he requested his friend Mr. L. H. 

 Trask, of Kalamazoo, to find Mr. Tubbs, and inquire of him where he obtained 

 the scions from, and whether the tree was a seedling, &c. A reply was received 

 from Mr. Trask, and forwarded to us by Mr. Holmes." 



The substance of his letter is as follows: 



" After so long a time I have been able to see Mr. Lyman Tubbs and pro- 

 cured of him such information as I could, in relation to the Primate apple. 



" Mr. Tubbs says he is the man ; that he always called it the July apple, 

 and that is the name he had with the scions, which he had from New Jersey 

 while he lived in Benton. He obtained the scions through some neighbors of 

 his in Benton, from an acquaintance of theirs by the name of Bush, who lived 

 in New Jersey; but he does not know in what town or county Mr. Bush 

 resided, and the friends of Mr. Bush who lived in Benton are all dead, or gone 

 away, he does not know where. At this time Mr. Tubbs thinks that this Mr. 

 Bush, of New Jersey, died some three or four years ago. 



" This is about all the information I could get from the old gentleman ; 

 except, he thinks that the scions he obtained from New Jersey were from a 

 grafted tree, and not from a seedling. Mr. Tubbs also says there are some 

 trees grafted with the apple on the farm he used to own near Galesburg, in this 

 county, where he thinks grafts may be obtained." 



Yours trulv, 



L. H. TRASK. 



Kalamazoo, Mich., January, 1852. 



Mr. Hovey thinks this was a seedling not known beyond the place of its 

 nativity until grafted by Mr. Tubbs. 



J. C. HOLMES. 

 Battle Creek, February 26, 1873. 



