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Of these, as sub-varieties, which may be classed to mature 

 in gradation, aud thus adapted to meet the wants of successive 

 seasons of the year, and possessing excellent properties, and 

 sufficiently prolific to warrant cultivation, we name of apples, 

 the Astrachan, Sweet Bough, Duchess of Oldenburg, Straw- 

 berry, Fall Pippin, Cayuga Co. Red Streak, Snow, Jersey Sweet, 

 and Maiden's Blush, and then the Baldwin, "Wagener, Golden 

 Russet, Rhode Island Greening, Wine Sap, Tallman Sweet, 

 Hubbardston Nonsuch, and Northern Spy. Of peaches. Early 

 and Late Crawford, Early Barnard, Smock Free, Stump the 

 World, and Hill's Chili. Of pears, Bartlett, Flemish Beauty, 

 Louise Bonne de Jersey, Duchesse d'Angouleme, and Whito 

 Doyenne ; and of grapes, the Concord, Delaware, Clinton, lona, 

 Isabella, Diana, Northern Muscatine, Ives' Seedling, and 

 Rogers' Hj'brid. Other equally excellent sub-varieties may 

 have been overlooked, or are unknown to the public. 



From the remarks already submitted, we must all admit that 

 fruit culture, as a science and a branch of human industry, is 

 entitled to high rank, not only as a source of profit to the pro- 

 ducer, but as a regulator of the blood and stomach, largely 

 contributing to the health and comfort of the consumer, 

 Without its presence, in some of the myriad forms of its 

 preparation for our use, what refreshment table would bo pro- 

 nounced fully set ? 



But to achieve success in fruit culture requires unwearied 

 oversight, skill, and persistent efibrt. The ground must be 

 selected with due regard to the requsite amount of light, heat, 

 and air. Then comes mulching at the root, staking, training, 

 pruning, foreshortening, and for vines, trellising and cutting 

 back. Preventives against blight and mildew must be sought 

 for, and a constant warfare waged against the army of fruit and 

 tree destroying insects. The borer, grub, caterpillar, and the 

 root-worm will assault root, bark, body, branch, and foliage, 

 whilst the curculio, with its numerous allies, will sting, and 

 plant its fatal larvae in the tender germs and incipient fruit. 



