88 T?te A7ng of Strait'hei ries. 



Apples for tlie South. 



THE Rural Alabamian gives a list of twelve apples for cultivation in the Southern 

 States — prefacing the list by saying, that the list is strictly for market. For 

 family use, many varieties now omitted should have a prominent position, while a 

 few that are included should be left out. 



Early Harvest, Red Astrachan, Red June with remark. " For perfect reliability 

 as an early market apple, there is notliing to equal this old Southern variety." 

 Yellow June, (iarretson's Early, Primate, Sevan's Favorite, Grolden Sweeting, 

 Early Strawberry, Rhode's Orange, Batchelor, Taunton. 



In this connection it may be a matter of interest to the Southern readers of the 

 Horticulturist, to know what varieties stand prominent in Southern Texas. 

 We have just shipped (Jan. 21) per order to Washington county, Texas, 50,000 

 apple root grafts of the following ?orts : Ben Davis, 10,000; Red June, 10.000; 

 Red Astrachan, 10,000; Rawle's Jannette, 5,000; Dyer, 3,000; White Winter 

 Pearmain, 5,000 ; Willow Twig, 2,000 ; Grimes^ Golden, 5,000. 



The Illinois Pippin. 



ED. Western Horticulturist. — The attention of the Warsaw Horticultural 

 Society has been called to the fact, that there is already an Hlinois Pippin, and 

 the propriety of giving the Seedling apple so named some other name, to prevent 

 confusion. At the meeting of our Society this day, the subject was called up, and 

 a motion to reconsider the naming of the apple referred to having prevailed, it was 

 unanimously decided to call it Wythe, in honor of its birthplace. I regret ex- 

 ceedingly that this blunder was made, but it may be possible that there may yet be 

 time to make the correction so it may appear correctly in the Horticulturist. 



A. C. Hammond. 

 Warsaw, III., January 21, 1873. 



Remarks. — We regret that Mr. Hammond's note did not reach us in season to 

 make the correction before the February number went to press. 



The King of Strawberries. — A strawberry grower, of Worcester, Mass., 

 compares the Wilson strawberry to the Bartlett among pears and the Concord among 

 grapes, Nicanor too soft, Doumer's Prolific for a near market, Charles Downing, the 

 Kentucky valuable for its lateness, and Jucunda, for its fine appearance and excellent 

 marketing qualities. Seth Boyden, Col. Cheney and President Wilder, promise 

 highly. 



