POMOLOGICAL NOTES. 



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no-further — very excellent. I think it is 

 the same as the "Marietta Seek-no-further" 

 of this state. 



Stroat. — Fruit excellent ; tree not vigor- 

 ous. 



Yellow Bellejleur. — Fruit rather light and 

 tart at the north ; flavor higher at Cincin- 

 nati. 



IVhite Bellejleur, (?) — Is not this synony- 

 mous with Woolma7i's Long, or Ortley Pip- 

 •pin ? 



Detroit, or Red Detroit, (?) — Red Cal- 

 ville ? 



Doctor. — Fruit large, crisp, tender, — for 

 eating and cooking. Tree vigorous. My 

 tree came from Burlington, N. J. Can 

 yours be correct ? 



Doniine. — Cultivated in this vicinity as 

 the ^^ Ramboulrettey 



Jonathan. — Valuable ; preferable to the 

 Esopus Spitzenburgh in this locality. 



Lady Apple. — Beautiful, but with us, sub- 

 ject to the fire-blight. 



Newtown Pippin. — The Yellow is prefer- 

 able to the Green in northern Ohio. Both 

 thrive well, only on soil containing lime. 

 Indeed, I have never known the Newtown 

 Pippin to flourish, except on a limestone 

 formation, or when the soil was supplied 

 with lime. 



Pennock — is not, and never was, worth 

 cultivation ; flavor bitter' and sweet ; sub- 

 ject to the dry rot. 



Rhode Island Greening — on warm, sandy 

 soil, yellow and fine flavor ; on clay soil, 

 the skin tough, flesh fibrous and sour. 



Roman Stem. — 20 years since, this was 

 one of our best winter fruits ; now, not so 

 fair as formerly. I had it from Burlington 

 in 1820. 



Swaar. — Very excellent. 



Esopus Spitzenburgh. — Not so good in 

 Ohio as it was 25 years since at the east. 



Winesap. — Best of all apples for baking ; 



drill out the core with a long and narrow 

 knife, [or apple corer,] fill the cavity with 

 butter and sugar rubbed together, place the 

 apples in a hot, closely covered bake-kettle 

 till they are cooked. 



No. 184, (?), Red Astrachan Crab.— This 

 is dark red, and very showy. 



MEM. ON CHEKRIES. 



Black Tartarian. — Was cultivated in 

 Wallingford, Ct., as early as ISIO, under 

 the name of " Double Heart," or " Bishop's 

 Large;" and in Middletown, Ct., in 1818, 

 as Black Tartarian. In both cases, brought 

 from N. Y. 



Downer^s Late — is becoming very popu- 

 lar in this vicinity. 



Waterloo. — The true sort has never been 

 cultivated here. [It is very scarce in this 

 country ; that usually sold being incorrect. 

 Ed.] 



Bigarreau. — Very fine, but decays sud- 

 denly, as about to ripen. The tree is hardy 

 and productive. The White Bigarreau is 

 an indifferent bearer — the tree not hardy. 



Napoleon Bigarreau. — First rate, except 

 a little deficient in richness ; very hardy 

 and productive ; a slight inclination in the 

 fruit to decay. 



Neiv Large Black Bigarreau. — Obtained 

 from Kenrick ; proves to be only Black Tar- 

 tarian. 



Elton. — The finest fruit of the cherry 

 kind ; tree somewhat tender. 



Belle Magnifique — has fruited two years 

 with me ; a good acid cherry, fine for cook- 

 ing, and very late. Sept. first, ripe fruit 

 still on the tree. 



Grapes. — The crops of native grapes are 

 more certain at Cleveland than at Cincin- 

 nati. Bland is not adapted to om* climate. 

 The Catawba ripens well, and is our best 

 grape. The Ohio is rather tender for this 

 climate. • 



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