Notes ipos Aitlm. — In my selection of Apples for my family's use, I have founJ the following 

 kimls not only very choice but forming a succo.^siun of ripe one.''. Conmieneing with the J/avln/, 

 ti>e very Prince of Full Apples, ftiid one combining all tlie gooil qualities for dessert as well as 

 for cooking, I have found the FamniK an excellent suecep-sor, then the Scolloped Coruinh or 7i''</ 

 OiUiftowcr, whieh in all nspects is a most superior Apple, in eating from November to January; 

 next the /(>H<i^/«i»i, a most beautiful medium sized, high colored, red fruit, fresh, spicy an<l juicy ; 

 after that the Green Swcrtinr/, ripening in January, and continuing gooil for two months; to bo 

 followed by the Red Canada, which is a nwst delicious Apple, very mild 6ub-aci<l, and juicy, 

 agreeable in every respect, lasting till my .Vor/Zt'?/-/! Spi/a begin to ripen, say the first of JIarch, 

 which continue? good as long as it is i)()?sible to keep one's hands off them. Could J liave inter- 

 spersed with the Rambo, a place would have been found in niy cellar for a barrel of them. It is 

 an uncertain fruit, the tree never bearing oftencr than every other year. It is so choice that it is 

 not wonderful that it takes two seasons for production. 



For cooking, the Tu'cnii/-ou7icc can not be excelled while it lasts. Then comes ihe Rhode Idand 

 Greening, a true and abiding Appde, which most all Ameiicans have known as a choice dessert 

 Api>lo as well as a most profitable one for pies and sauce. For a sweet Apple in its season (early 

 fail), I much admire the Bailey Sweeting; it is a great favorite with us. I wis-h ])roducer8 would 

 be sure to raise all the good varieties, for you have to look to different orchards for a selection of 

 twelve varieties of choice fruit. Some are better grown than others, and I Avould like to have 

 mine from such persons as take the best care of liLa trees to ensure the best fruit. J. 11. Watts. 

 —Rochester, N. Y. 



"With this note we received from 'Mr. "Watts some very beautiful specimens of Jonathan 

 and Ucd or Scolloped GiUiJlower — fine varifties of Apples, not extensively grown. The 

 Jonathan is a frnit of the very first quality, having the aromt.tic flavor of the Spitzenhura, 

 and greater tenderness, but the tree is a crooked, irregular grower when young. 



HoimcuLTURAL Ite-ms. — Milder on, Grape Vines. — The cold vinery of Prof. IIuiDEKOrEB, <A 

 Meadville, is entirely exempt from mildew. His success is attributed to the use of sulphur 

 sprinkled on the ground. 



Strawberries. — The McAvoiJs Superior flourishes here with surprising luxuriance — vines, ber- 

 ries, and all, nearly double the size of Hovey's, which does not seem to thrive here as it is said to 

 in other places. Burr's New Pine, medium, and of the highest flavor. We have an insect here 

 which destroys the roots of Strawberry vines, leaving only the dusty particles. 



Fruits from Seed. — I have devoted about an acre of laud to experiments in fruits from seed, 

 and have about sixteen hundred of various fruits, among them over a hundred native Grapes two 

 years old, and promising. Introductory to my experiments, I cut down all worthless fr^it trees, 

 and beirig happily situated at a respectable distance from any vitiating influence from neighbor- 

 ing orchards, think myself prepared for favorable I'csults. I have an accidental variety of Peach, 

 a perfect dwarf, so distinct in foliage and habit, as to be seldom recognized as Peach by visitoi-s. 

 Wlicn situated properly, it produces itself from seed. I have budded some of them, as also, 

 A. pitmila plena, with Peach. 



Seedling Potatoes. — This season I have assorted from a lot of seedling Potatoes of various ages, 

 about one hundred, as being worthy of further trial. They are all the produce of new varieties 

 raised here, and are now in the fourth generation in direct line. From some of my first seed- 

 lings, now ten to twelve years old, I select one which I call White Imperial. If any of the 

 Rochester ten-dollars-a-bushel Potatoes exceed these in quality, the purchaser's money has not 

 been wasted on " humbugs." 



Fruit Garden. — I have near a hundred varieties of Pear, mostly dwarf, one, two and three 

 years planted, and many of thern are literally crowded with fruit-buds. To this mute, but edifying 

 assemblage from the "Nations," I intend to add by scores, and hope, if my life is spared, to be 

 able to furnish "rough" but truthful and worthy notes for the friends tf horticulture. 0. T. 

 II. — Riinddph, Penn, 



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