JPPJTOR'S TABLJB. 



The New Jiochclle Blackberry will not endure our winters hero, unprotected ; neither will 

 tho finest raspberries ; I have just noted, as follows : — 



Jluilsoii liiver Autwcrj} Raspberry, not much injured; about a third of last year's growth 

 killed. 



Col. Wilder, slightly injured at ends of branches. 



Brincklc's Oranye, not much hurt. 



Knevet's Giant, slightly injured ; about as hardy as Col. Wilder. 



Gushing, killed down to snow-line. 



Vice-President, rather tender; killed more than half last year's growth. 



Tliunderer, nearly as hardy as the common Blackcap. This is a very strong grower, pro- 

 ducing a good-sized, firm fruit, well adapted for market. 



These varieties all need protection, but they pay well for it. 



Peaches, cherries, and plums, are in good order. 



Yours, truly, Charles Betts. 



St. Joseph^s County, Michiyan. 



STAt'NTON, Va., March 25, 1857. 

 Editor OF the Horticulturist. — Dear Sir: I send to you this day, per Adams & Co.'s 

 Express, a sample of an apple cultivated and disseminated through this State under the 

 name of "Albemarle Pippin." My attention was called to it seven years ago (soon after 

 I came here to reside), it being spoken of in the highest terms. I put myself to no little 

 inconvenience to get a glimpse at the ne plus ultra of apples, and, I assure you, I was not a 

 little surprised to meet an old acquaintance — the Yelloio Newtown Pippin. I obtained some 

 specimens at the time, and presented them to persons whom I thought better acquainted 

 with fruits than myself, and they agreed with me that it was, beyond doubt, the Newtown 

 Pippin. The specimens I send you are not so fine as we often have, nor do they show to a 

 good advantage, as they have been much bruised by hauling some thii-ty miles or more 

 over a rough road ; but you will make due allowance for all this in treatment, and, I think, 

 still find the Newtown Pippin in them. 



Thomas, in his Fruit Culturist, describes the Albemarle Pippin as a distinct variety. 

 There is no doubt that soil and climate have much to do in bringing out the good qualities 

 of fruit, and Albemarle County, and all that range of country in proximity to the eastern 

 base of the Blue Ridge, so far as I am familiar witli it, seems particularly adapted to the 

 growth and perfection of that variety. As I said before, it is cultivated and disseminated 

 through this State as a distinct variety, and it is for the purpose of correcting this error 

 that I now write, as I think it the duty of every one to correct every error in the nomen- 

 clature of fruits that may come under his notice. Franklin Davis. 



[We think the apple is the Newtown Pippin, modified slightly by soil and climate. — Ed.] 



Marietta, Ohio. 



J, J. Smith, Esq. : I send you to-day, by Adams' Express, a couple of apples of a variety 

 called here the Prince Apple. It is one of the most salable and productive varieties we 

 have. In season from December to May ; keeps well. The specimens sent are the best of 

 last season, but no more than the average of a good apple year. If you are acquainted 

 with the apple, please give the name by which it is known, as I can find no apple of the 

 name we give it here in the different works on fruit, or in catalogues. 



Yours, respectfully, J. M. 



[Tlie " Prince" was received in good order, but it is unknown to us. It has something 

 of the appearance of the William Penn of Columbia, but all the specimens of the latter we 

 have seen are more oblate. — Ed.] 



