DESIGN FOR A RURAL COTTAGE. 



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ling in texture and flavor some pears that I 

 have eaten, more than an apple.) Calyx 

 small, stalk usually about three-fourths of 

 an inch long. Ripe from December to Feb- 

 ruary. 



The tree is smooth, of upright, regular 

 growth, and bears abundant crops. While 

 in the nursery it produces but few branches, 

 and these are irregularly distributed ; the 

 bark is then smooth, reddish, and dotted 

 over with Avhite specks, not unlike the stem 

 of a young cherry tree. 



II. Raule's Jannett. — A very productive 

 and highly popular orchard fruit, of the 

 Ohio valley. It keeps remarkably well, is 

 in eating from December to June.* It is 

 about medium size ; skin smooth, striped 

 with red, darker on the side next the sun, 

 upon a yellow ground inclining to green 

 near the stem ; surface partially covered with 

 patches of small black dots. Calyx closed, 

 stem half inch long. Flesh yellowish, firm, 

 tender, juicy, rather acid, of a mild, agree- 

 able flavor. 



The tree grows with a spreading head, 



and a clean and smooth trunk. It possesses 

 the remarkable peculiarity of putting forth 

 its leaves and blossoms nearly two weeks 

 later than any other apple. Hence in the 

 fickle climate of the south and west, it es- 

 capes the effects of the late frosts, which 

 renders it a very certain bearer. 



III. Yellow or striped Jannett. — Tree 

 identical with the foregoing, and also very 

 largely cultivated. Fruit more red, and 

 more generally covered with the black 

 spots. It tapers less towards the e)-e. Flesh 

 of a deeper red, rather tough, and less 

 juicy, but higher flavored than the Raule's 

 Jannett, and is considered inferior to the 

 latter. 



I met with a highly intelligent gentleman 

 yesterday, formerly from Virginia, who 

 stated to me that the Raule's Jannett was 

 raised a seedling by one Caleb Raules (with 

 whom he was acquainted,) of Amherst coun- 

 ty, Va., near the Blue Ridge, and from the 

 location he attributes its habit of putting 



out so late in the season. 



H. P. Byram. 



Brandenburgh, Meade Co , Ey., 1817. 



DESIGN FOR A RURAI. COTTAGE. 



The design [see Frontispiece] offered in 

 this number, is for a cottage of very mode- 

 rate dimensions, in the English rural style. 

 It is of course intended for a small family, 

 and its merits are compactness of accom- 

 modation in the plan, and picturesque eflfect 

 in the exterior. 



The ground plan of the principal floor, 

 fig. 4, shows a vestibule or hall, 12 by 14 

 feet, containing the staircase, and which, 

 from its form and size, makes in itself a 

 pretty little ante-room, 



* The writer 1ms kept them firm and sound until the 4th of 

 August, but with the loss of much of their flavor. 



This hall opens into the two principal 

 rooms of the cottage, viz., the parlor an4 

 the living-room, each 16 ft. b\' 18 ft. The 

 size and good effect of the parlor is increas- 

 ed by a pretty large bay or projecting win- 

 dow, outside of which is a veranda seat, 

 At the opposite end of the house, a small 

 corresponding addition, one story in height, 

 contains the store-room and pantry — both 

 opening into the living or dining room. 

 This cottage is supposed to have a base- 

 ment story, to which interior access is ob- 

 tained by stairs descending under those in 

 the hall. It contains a kitchen under the 



