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Another important characteristic is, that the 

 trees oCthis kind put forth later than other trees, 

 thus escaping late frosts ; and as they are the last 

 to ripen, they keep, as you have been before told, 

 into June and July. 



Several gentlemen are interested in having you 

 receive the samples. Although we have not suc- 

 ceeded, thus far, in producing as many of the Bald- 

 win and Newtown Pippins as our eastern friends, 

 we prize them very much. 



The Red Canada sent, are grown from young 

 as well as old trees, which you will discover in the 

 difference of size- The samples are as fine as were 

 ever seen here, and the friends of that apple in 

 preference to the Spy shall have all the benefit of 

 it. I procured the larger samples of this sort from 

 iVIr. Wakelee, and the smaller ones from Mr. 

 Uptox, on the Ridge Road. The specimens of 

 Yellow Bell^eur, and a part of the Swaars, wei-e 

 raised by Mr. P. Major, of this city. 



We shall be glad to have you notice the apples 

 in your valuable paper, and hope they may reach 

 you in safety. With respect, your friend, James 

 H. Watts. Rochester, Feb. 10, 1847. 



Remarks. — Rochester is becoming famous for 

 her fine apples, and the specimens obligingly sent 

 us by Mr. Watts would in no way detract from 

 her Pomonal celebrity. They were truly admirable 

 in size, beauty of appearance, and flavor. 



The specimens oil Northern Spy and Canada Red 

 were the finest we have yet seen of these varie- 

 ties. The Northern Spy needs no commendation 

 of ours ; it is undoubtedly one of the finest long- 

 keeping winter apples known ; remarkable for its 

 freshness, juiciness, and delicious flavor. 



The Canada Red, which we learn is supposed to 

 have originated near Toronto, is a comparatively 

 new apple to us ; and if we judge solely by the 

 fine samples sent us by Mr. Watts, we cannot 

 hesitate to rank it among the very best winter ap- 

 ples. By those who like the rich, brisk, sub-acid 

 flavor of that grand old variety, the Esopus Spit- 

 zenbergh, it would be preferred to the Northern 

 Spy, as it approaches more strongly the Spilzen- 

 bergh flavor. Both are remarkably fine Iruits, 

 and must soon come into very general cultivation. 

 We shall give a figure and description of this fruit 

 in our Supplement to Fruits and Fruit Trees. 



The Swaars were fine specimens. Those care- 

 fully grown by Mr. Hand were finely formed, with 

 a blush on the sunny side of each — liighly aro- 

 matic, ov fennel-flavored. We rank a fine Swaar, 

 among apples, with the Seckel among pears ,• but 

 it does not thrive except in deep mellow soils. 



The specimens of Baldwin, Yellow Bell-Flower, 

 and Yellow Newtown Pippins, were of average 

 size and good flavor. The " iacf/Mzer" resembles 

 a little the Domine and Rambo. 



We annex the following letter of the very suc- 

 cessful grower of the Northern Spy: — Ed. 



I have grown the Northern Spy apple from fif- 

 teen to twenty years. I have, on the whole, found 

 it a good bearer — fiuit extremely fair-looking — 

 size good ; an I with me it yields a better crop 

 than the Swaar. I have kept a few in fine order 

 until the 4th of July. The general crop I can keep 

 till the last of May or 1st of June. The quality I 



consider superior to any other apple. I have sold 

 my crops in Rochester, and they have averaged at 

 least one dollar a bushel for ten years last past ; 

 and I can sell this more readily than any other 

 apple. 



I find the trees put forth their leaves from ten 

 days to a fortnight later than any other apple, and 

 on that account are more secure from late spring 

 frosts. They are fine sraooih-barked, and thrifty 

 growing trees, making, in the orchard, a finer- 

 looking tree than any other in my vicinity, (Men- 

 don.) Richard I. Hand. Sept. 12. 



Select Lists of Fruits. — The Fruit Commit- 

 tee of the Genesee Valley Horticultural Society, 

 having been requested tofm-nish small select lists of 

 fruits, have published the following : 



The Committee m presenting the frllowing list 

 wish to state that they have confined themselves 

 wholly to such varieties as have been satisfactorily 

 proved in this section. 



So great is the diversity of taste in regard to the 

 merits of fruits, and so numerous the excellent vari- 

 eties from which to choose, that the Committee 

 have experienced some difficulty in adopting a list 

 even as extended as this. 



There are no doubt many other varieties as good, 

 and, in the opinion of some, perhaps better than 

 some of these ; but the Committee are unanimously 

 agreed, that the excellence of this selection is be- 

 yond a doubt, and that the whole or a part, as cir- 

 cumstances require, may be cultivated with entire 

 confidence. The names are placed in the order of 

 ripening. 



apples. 



Summer Apples — July to September. — Early Har- 

 vest, Early Strawberry, Red Astracan, Sweet 

 Bough, Golden Sweet. 



Fall Apples — September to December. — Early 

 Joe, Porter, St. Lawrence, Jersey Sw^eet, Graven- 

 stein, Fall Jenneting. 



Winter Apples— December to June. — Holland 

 Pippin, Twenty Ounce, Fameuse, Red Canada, 

 Peck's Pleasant, Yellow Bellflower, Swaar, Tal- 

 man Sweet, Rhode Island Greening. Esopus Spit- 

 zenberg, Baldwin, Green Sweeting, Northern Spy, 

 Roxbury Russet, Yellow Newtown Pippin. 



PEARS. 



Summer Pears — July to September. — Madeleine, 

 Bloodsood, Oshand's Summer, or Summer Verga- 

 lieu, Belle of Brussels, or Belle of August, Dear- 

 born's Seedling, Bartlett. 



Fall Pears— September to November.— Stevens' 

 Genesee, White Doyenne or Yergalieu, Seckel, On- 

 ondaga or Swan's Orange, Gray Doyenne, Brown 

 Beurre, Beurre Diel, Duehessc d'Angouleme. 



Winter Pears — November to March. — Beurre 

 d'Aremberg, Prince's St. Germain, Winter Nells, 

 Passe Colmar, Winter Bell or Pound. 



CHERRIES. 



Early Purple, Bigarreau d'Mai, May Duke, El- 

 ton, Black Tartarian. Black Eagle, Belle de Choi- 

 sy, Yellow Spanish, Napoleon Bigarreau, Downer's 

 Late, Large English Morello. 



PLUMS. 



Green Gage, Imperial Gage, Duane's Purple, 



