The Currant Warm. Borers. 



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Kolla and tlie American Beauty. 



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D. Western Horticulturist : — I send 

 you outlines of a description of the above 

 named a{)ples. They have proved .so hardy 

 here that they may be an acquiriitiou some 



desrces further north, where the number of 

 sorts suited to the climate are more limited 

 than here. 



Holla is not a large apple. It is more 

 uniform in size than the Janet. In shape it 

 resembles a small sized willow twig. It is 

 more richly colored than the willow twig. 

 It is about a fair second-rate apple in qual- 

 ity and seems to be reasonably productive. 

 Flesh crispy, sub-acid, better for cooking 



than the Janet, though not quite so fine and 

 tender. Its keeping qualities will well 

 compare with the Janet. It is remarkably 

 hardy ; otherwise I would not think it 

 ■worthy of very exten- 

 sive cultivation. 



American Beauty, 

 for size and keeping 

 qualities, will about 

 compare with the Eolla. 

 It may not keep quite as 

 long ; but it is worthy 

 of more general culti- 

 vation. It is my 

 opinion that it is one 

 of the many seedlings 

 of the Gilpin (Roma- 

 nite of the West). It 

 some resembles the Gil- 

 pin in size and color 

 but is larger in size and 

 better in quality. It 

 is a tender, juicy apple 

 with a very mild sub-acid flavor, not very rich 

 or very high flavored — but it is remarkably 

 productive, uniform in size, hangs on the 

 tree well, and the tree is a first-rate nursery 

 tree and remarkably hardy. It makes a 

 vigorous growth. We think it worthy of as 

 much cultivation as the Wine Sap. 



Tyler McWhoRTER. 

 Ahdo, Mercer Co., III. 



The Currant "Worm.— A writer in the 

 Ploughman, after a trial of various plans 

 for the destruction of the currant worm, 

 finds nothing so eff"ectual as air-slacked lime 

 or wood ashes. In fact, he thinks any dry 

 substance of a dusty character will destroy 

 them. The application must be made when 

 the foliage is wet either with dew, rain or 

 sprinkling. A half dozen applications usu- 

 ally clear them out. 



Borers. — A. correspondent of the Maine 

 Farmer states that " our orchards near^the 

 sea shore are never troubled by the borer, 

 unless they are already in the young trees 

 when we purchase them of the nursery 

 agents. Whether our practice of mulching 

 the trees with rock weed, or they do not 

 relish the sea air, prevents their location 

 and depredations with us, I am unable to 

 decide." 



