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;li(' I iiilfd Slates ; bill wr doul't this. I'ciulics 

 an- at home in Texas. (.Quinces i)r(iinisiii<;. 

 Plums, only the native selections do well. 

 Cherries, currants, and <;oosohorrie.s do not do 

 u<il. The grape, we L'ather from his re- 

 marks, is not very successtul. The tltr does well 

 in Middle and Southern Texas. Oranu'es only in 

 the counties bordering on the (tulf. Black- 

 berries do well. Rivspborries, only the Black 

 Caps. Strawberries very well. Prof. Buckley 

 thinks that a little more fruit in addition to the ' 

 present abundant '* hog and possum '" would do 

 tlie Texan farmer no harm. 



The Amei{ican Vines in France.— The : 

 French vines grafted on the Clinton,at Montpeil- 

 lier, introduced at once on the report of Prof. 

 Planchon's mission to this country has proved 

 completely Phylloxera-proof. Has any one tried 

 the same experiment in our country ? It is 

 likely fair success would follow the European 

 grape on a native stock in the open air of 

 Eastern America. It would be worth an experi- 

 ment. 



Coffee in Amehica. — The Scientific Farmer 

 having announced that " cofl'ee has proved 

 verj' productive in California since its intro- 

 duction four years ago, Mr. W. Saunders 

 offers- ten dollars for a pound of the berries 

 from plants that have been tlu-ee years in 

 the open air of any part of the United States. 

 He does not want the Kentucky coffee, Rye 

 coffee, or any coffee but the genuine Arab berry. 



Profit of Gkape Grooving. — Mr. E. F. 

 EUwanger makes the good point, that those 

 who find grape growing " don't pay, " are 

 generally those who have gone into it from some 

 other business, and who thought plants ought 

 to "grow into money while they slept." Honest 

 ]irofit means honest labor ; no work no pay, is 

 uatm-e's law in gardening. Mr. EUwanger 

 thinks that the man who first loves his trade and 

 then sticks to it, generally works out fairly at 

 least, and we quite agree with him. 



The Most Popular Pear.s in France. — 

 It is said that about one-seventh of all the 

 pear trees sold in France are of the one we 

 know as Bartlett, and the Duchess. 



Service Berries. — The Californians "prove 

 all things." Now according to the Independent oi 

 Stockton, Mr. Milco has introduced "Soi'bula" 

 trees from which much is expected. This is no 



doubt tlie service berry. Sorbus domestiea. 

 " Blcssi'd are they who do n<it expect much, for 

 (li( V siiall not be disappointed." 



NEW OK R.lRIi I'KLITS. 



Brewington Pippin Apple. — Mr. Charles 

 Downing kindly sends us a specimen of this 

 apple. Mr. D. says : " The ajjple is of good 

 size, show}', and the quality good, although a 

 little wanting in juice. Jt will no doubt be valu- 

 able for the localit}- where it originated as a late 

 keeper and for market." We agree with Mr. 

 Downing. It is an improvement on Ben Davis, 

 and that in itself is a great gain. Mr. Brew- 

 ington, of Prince of Wales, Breckenridge Co., 

 Ky., the raiser, gives the following account of 

 its origin : 



"Now, this is to certify that the Brewington 

 Pippin is a seedling of the Joe Allen (New York 

 Pippin — Ben Davis) apple, and produced its first 

 fruit about the year 1871. I grew the tree, and 

 it is now to be found in my orchard, about five 

 miles east of Hardinsburgh, where I reside at 

 this time. It blooms one week later than Ben 

 Davis, and ripens from February to April; if 

 kept in a warm place during early Winter will 

 be in good eating condition by first of January. 

 The tree is of vigorous growth, upright, and 

 becoming spreading as it grows older. Fruit 

 suffered some this season from bitter rot; about 

 lifty apples in all for first time. I believe the 

 late frost caused the rot by a freeze, and then 

 the disease developed itself as the fruit matured. 

 Have had grafts to grow eight feet in length in 

 one season (first year's growth of grafts set by 

 Aaron Norton, who is one of my neighbors), 

 and bore fryit the second year after the grafts 

 were set. You will notice that the bark of 

 these scions are redder than the Ben Davis 

 scions, and this apple is a darker red, more like 

 the bark on the scions of Ben Davis, while the 

 bark of the Brewington Pippin scions is colored 

 more like the Ben Davis apple. I think, on the 

 whole, the Brewington Pippin a finer, -showy 

 tree and leaf than the Ben Davis tree, and the 

 apple has more flavor and is a better keeper. I 

 have about thirty young trees of this latter 

 variety set out for a new orchard as late keepers. 

 " I subscribe myself, 



"James Brewington." 



