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Herman is from some other source, as it has never been in the col- 

 lection here. The description in Downing's large work states that it is 

 " sub-acid " instead of sweet. 



Boyd can hardly be identical with Clayton, though I am unable to 

 decide from personal experience, as the tree containing the grafts of the 

 latter met with an accident after bearing but once and before the former 

 came into bearing ; and grafts of Clayton on another tree have not yet 

 fruited. Mr. Downing (First Appendix, p. 3) states that Boyd originat- 

 ed in Monroe county, Kenrucky ; here it was received from the late J. S, 

 Downer, an intelligent and enthusiastic pomologist of Todd county, in the 

 same state, fifty miles or more west of Monroe and near the Tennessee 

 line. 



York Imperial should be better known. It is a Pennsylvania ap- 

 ple, but it was received here from Georgia as Johnson's Fine Winter. 

 It is very smooth and very highly colored on our uplands, much more 

 so than specimens received a few weeks ago from Virginia, and which 

 were also distinctly striped — something that rarely happens with this 

 variety here. The moderate growth of the tree is about its only draw- 

 back. 



Cedar Falls is from North Carolina and, with us, seems to be a 

 promising apple, medium and above in size. 



Henwood is from Eastern Indiana, said to be a seeding of Ortley or 

 " White Belle Flower," as it was formerly called, but it resembles the Yel- 

 low Belle Flower more. A pretty good apple, but the tree is only a 

 moderate grower. 



No " Russians" were ordered in the collection above mentioned. 

 They are of comparatively no value in this latitude, nearly the same as 

 that of Columbia. But as a good deal has been written about them in 

 recent years, many think they are something extra; and occasionally 

 some nurseryman uses the name " Russian " as a kind of boom. It is a 

 new addition to the long list of synonyms which McAfee's None-such has 

 gathered up. As another new application of '' Russian" it may be added 

 that a splendid apple received here from near Salt Lake City a couple of 

 months ago, and which the gentleman sending it stated he had obtained 

 (the cions) from a nurseryman there a few years ago as " Early Russian," 

 turned out to be King of Tompkins. 



Stuart's Golden (this is the correct spelling — not Stewart's), resem- 

 b'es Fulton slightly, but is of better quality and a better keeper, and the 

 habit of the tree is different. It originated in this country in the seed- 

 ling orchard of the late William Stuart, one of the oldest citizens, over a 

 half a century ago, and was called the Stump apple by the young people. 



