DOMESTIC NOTICES. 



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pie at tbc Convention at Pliiladelphia, on the 

 13th of the present niontli, and finding them 

 liighly approved b}' gentlemen there, wlio were 

 conversant with the variety, I thouglit it dne 

 to your readers to furnish you willi some for 

 your opinion. It lias before been noticed in the 

 " Horticulturist," but it will call attention to its 

 merits to place it again before the fruit growers. 



It was originated in Canaan, New- York, and 

 has been grown for some ten years at Rochester, 

 to a limited extent as yet — accidentally I found 

 five trees of it in Greece, Monroe county, which 

 trees are well grown and in plentiful bearing. 

 It ripens from 15th to 20th September, and is 

 valuable that it succeeds the "Early Straw- 

 berry" and ''Early Joe." For cooking it is 

 superior, and for a desert fruit it has but few 

 e(puils in my humble opinion. J. II. Watts. 

 Rochester, Sept. 15, 1852. 



AVe annex Mr. Thomas' description of this 

 apple:— 



" IIawley. (S'y/i. Dowse.) Quite large, 

 ronndisl). sliglitly conical, sometimes nearly 

 round, with a broad obtuse apex, and slightly 

 flattened; smooth, slightly oily when kept with- 

 in doors; pale green, becoming yellow, some- 

 times a very fiint orange cheek; stalk one-half 

 to one inch long, slender; cavity wide, deep, 

 acute, sometime.s slightly obtuse ; basin deep, 

 slightly furrowed; flesh yellowisli wfiite, fine 

 grained, quite tentler, witli a mild, rich, sub-acid 

 line flavor. Ripens at mid-autnnni. A very 

 valuable api)le. Shoots of rather slow growth. 

 Origin, Columbia county. N. Y., and cultivated 

 cbietlv in western M. Y." 



Messrs. Thorelun 8t Co., Astoria. — We 

 are glad to find that these gentlemen are keep- 

 ing up their collection of Dahlias in the same 

 perfection that they have for some years past. 

 The plants this year do not bloom quite so well 

 as usual, owing to the weather principally, but 

 altogether they are well worth a visit, if only to 

 see some of the new varieties recently introduc- 

 ed, which are valuable additions to our stock 

 of these flowers. A\'e find our friend Mr. G. 

 C. Thorburn, has been obliged for wantof room, 

 to remove his green-hiuise plants and stock to 

 Ills new nur.sery, at jS'ewark. N. J. The situ- 

 ation is well adapted to the purpose, and being 

 within ten miiuites of the raili'oad station, it is, 

 although fnrtherfrom New- York, asreadilyand 

 speedily accessible as Astcuia. We wi.sli him 

 all success in his new undertaking. 



HocG &. Co.'s Nursery, New-York. — We 

 visited this establishment the past month, and 

 were gratified to find it maintaining its deserved 

 reputation. The general appearance of the 

 stock of greenhouse and frame plants is health}', 

 and their arrangement ami state of cultui'c in- 

 dicate that care and attention has been given 

 them during their summer exposure, the good 

 effects of which will not ftiil to develope tliem- 

 selves during the coming season. We were also 

 pleased to find the hot-house plants remarkably 

 clean, and although the stock of them is limited, 

 it is satisfactory to see that they receive that 

 habitual care which in general collections is fre- 

 quently not paid to them. We see Messrs. 

 Hogg have a young plant of the Victoria Lily 

 growing vigorously, so that our New- York 

 friends Avill soon have the opportunity to gratify 

 their anxiety to see this beautiful addition to 

 our exotic flora, domesticated amongst them. 



Theory of Pruning. — Dear Sir: I find 

 that in the August number of the Horticulturist 

 I am arraigned before a tribunal of very high 

 authority in such matters ui)ou a eliarge of hav- 

 ing made innovation upon the doctrines which 

 governed the practice of pruning in the good 

 old days of 1816! I perceive also that the indict- 

 ment contains two counts, setting forth in sub- 

 stance that in an article in the May number of 

 the Horticulturist I aver '-that severe summer 

 pruning of the fruit bearing and lateral branches 

 of the grape is the only correct practice, ac- 

 knowledged to be so by all cultivators." And 

 again charging that in the same article I aver 

 " that everybody does or may know this (it) to 

 be the correct practice." It might be a sufli- 

 cient defence to both these cliarges simply to 

 state that no such broad a.ssertions are contain- 

 ed in the article from which they purport to be 

 quoted; but believing that in the well turned 

 periods of the articleoverthe signature of "C," 

 who is the author of this complaint, and in his 

 accurate description of the renewal system in 

 managing the grape, I recognise the proportions 

 of a personal friend, of one who is no novice in 

 the philosophy of vegetable life, and of one also 

 who is incapable of coining out on such a subject 

 from a mere desire to assail, I fear I may have 

 provoked his comments by a failure to 

 apparent the drift of my remarks ; with 



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