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is also a free growing tree, and a great 

 bearer. The fruit is conical-oblong, yellow ; 

 the skin is beautifully smooth and fair, and 

 when fully ripened in the sun, has a fine 

 blush. It is excellent for the table or for 

 cooking, and if properly taken care of, will 

 keep from the time of its ripening early in 

 September, till the middle of October. 

 The many good qualities of this native fruit 

 have made it one of our greatest favorites. 



3d. Fameuse.* I know of no apple to 

 take the place of the Fameuse for the table 

 at this season. It is in eating from the mid- 

 dle of October, and with care, continues so 

 till February. The tree, with me, is small 

 in siz^ and a medium bearer; the fruit is 

 of medium size, flat; the skin is red, smooth, 

 and takes a high polish ; the flesh is very 

 white, juicy, and, I think, in flavor^ excels 

 all others for table use, from the time the 

 Porter is gone till the Rhode Island Green- 

 ing comes into use. 



4/A. IThe Rhode Island Greening. The 

 tree is a strong, hardy and free grower, and 

 a great bearer. The fruit is flattened, of a 

 yellowish green, with a dull blush. The 

 flesh is tender, juicy, and of fine flavor for 

 cooking or the table. This fruit is in use 

 from September till February, and is fine 



for the table in November and December. 

 It is too well known and esteemed to need 

 any description of mine, having a prominent 

 place in everj' good orchard. 



5th. White Seeknofurther. This ex- 

 cellent fruit, I am informed, originated in 

 the garden of the late Wm. Prince, Esq., 

 of Flushing. In point of fine flavor, it ex- 

 cels all other apples that I have eaten. The 

 tree is of medium growth, of a leaning ha- 

 bit, a full bearer every other year. The 

 fruit is rather oblong, greenish with dark 

 spots ; and is not a very fair or sightly fruit. 

 Its season is January and February. Its 

 flesh is very juicy, tender, and fine flavored. 

 This variety is not much known in New- 

 England ; in fact, I know of but three bear- 

 ing trees. 



6tk. Baldwin. This, our most popular 

 New-England apple, is the universal favo- 

 rite as a late winter fruit. Its hardy healthy 

 habit as a tree, and the heavy and regular 

 crops it bears, together with its fine flavor, 

 render it indispensable here in every or- 

 chard. Regarding the origin of this fruit, 

 I am in possession of some interesting in- 

 formation, which I will at another time lay 

 before your readers. Yours with respect. 



Braintree, Oct. 26, 1846. B. V. FreNCH. 



REMARKS ON TWO KINDS OF PEACHES. 



BY WM. R. PRINCE, FLUSHING, L. I. 



I PRESUME that all pomologists are fully sen- 

 sible that ihere has long existed, and still 

 exists, sufficient confusion in the nomencla- 

 ture of fruits ; and it would, therefore, 

 seem proper for the future, that wherever 

 writers have nothing really new to offer, 



* Or Pomme de Neiae, London Hort. Soc. Cat., and Dowii- 

 iug"s Fruit and Fruit Trees. 



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that they should at least refrain from creat- 

 ing additional confusion. 



I feel called to the expression of these 

 sentiments, by an article in your last num- 

 ber, from Robert B. Parsons, the verdancy 

 of which is particularly striking. He has 

 undertaken to describe two peaches, and to 

 correct errors. We wall now see how he 



