NEW liOClIELLE BLACKBEKKV. 



such as a ricli soil, liigh cultivation, and I think a warm dry suinTuer, a shy hearer ; but 

 then, the (juality makes up for any doOciency in quantity. This is probably the reason 

 why this queen of Apples has not been more widi;ly diffused. Ever since my recollection, 

 it has brought a larger price at homo than the best of other Apples in the New York mar- 

 ket. The Xcictoicn Fij'pin, which comes the nearest to it in point of excellence, has the 

 advantiige of being more productive, and of being bettor at a late period, say in March or 

 April. The tree in this climate grows thriftily, and I understand it is remarkable for rajjid 

 growth and for fair and large fruit in Illinois and other Western States. Its shoots, and in 

 fact its branches, are remarkably slender, giving the tree, when in bearing, a pendent or 

 drooi)ing appearance. 



" Perhaps all fruits are modified by being propagated by grafting, but this is peculiarly 

 the case with the Mittel Apple. I know a case where the fruit Avas entirely worthless ou 

 account of being water-cored ; but this is rare, and in forty-nine cases in fifty a good fruit 

 might bd expected. There are, 

 however, now two distinct 

 varieties, the yellow and tlie 

 grcen^ the latter being preferred 

 by most ])erson9. L. E. SriN- 

 ^^^.—Mohaicl; N. r." 



AVhat Mr. Spinner says 

 about "two distinct varieties" 

 must be the result of certain 

 modifications produced by 

 soil, culture, stock, (fee. Two 

 distinct varieties would imply 

 two seedlings. 



Our description, made fi-om 

 tlie Micliigan specimens, is as 

 follows : Fruit — medium size, 

 roundish. Stalk — three-rjuar- 

 ters to an inch long, rather 

 deeply inserted. Cah'x — 

 open, shallow. Skin — smooth 

 greenish, some specimens yellow, with light traces of russet. Flesli — fine-grained, 

 tender, juicy, mild subacid, nearly sweet, flavor agreeable. Season — Dec. to March. 



THE MIDDLE APPLE. 



THE NEW PtOCHELLE BLACKBERRY. 



BY U., ADRIAN, MICH. 



Having recently visited New Roclielle, Westchester county, N. Y., and tliere learned 

 many particulars respecting the discovery of the New Rochelle or (as it is more com- 

 monly called) Lawton Blackberry, I take the liberty to make this coramunicatien, in 

 the hope that eventually, though tardily, proper credit may be given to the person to 



the public are really indebted for the discovery and preservation of this remark- L 



