300 _.. TWENTY-FIFTH .ANNIVERSARY REPORT. 
ever, those varieties which originated after regular nurseries were 
established and trees generally bought already grafted, have a lesser 
number of synonyms than the. older sorts: The Northern Spy 
does. not seem to have been known by any. other name than the 
regular one, though this is sometimes contracted to Spy. 
- After the list of synonyms there is a paragraph giving a popular 
description of. the apple, the most striking points in its appearance 
being mentioned, its general quality, the uses to which it may be best 
put, and if there are. any particular weaknesses which: interdict its 
cultivation these are:mentioned. There then follows a brief histori- 
cal. account of the variety, more or less. complete, depending on 
whether such: information is known or not. In many cases, even 
with comparatively recent varieties, the history is obscure. Then 
follows technical- description, first of the: tree, then of the fruit. 
The historical and: technically descriptive paragraphs are printed 
in smaller.:type than the: popular description. . Thus arranged one 
may go through the volume reading the larger print alone and get 
a good general idea of the value of a variety without burdening 
oneself with the labor of:reading over a mass-of technical details, 
as to whether the buds of a particular variety project or whether 
they lay. close to.the twig, or whether the twig itself is gray or olive 
green, and other points of a similar nature, undoubtedly valuable but 
not of interest to the casual reader and apt to be very confusing 
unless separated from the regular text in the manner mentioned. | 
‘Three hundred and twenty-two different varieties are described in 
Volume I. and.324 varieties-in Volume II: This last number in- 
cludes .twenty-nine -crabapples.: There are in both volumes 3,417 
synonyms given. The illustrations are both half-tones: and. color 
plates. In the first volume there are forty half-tone figures of 
fruits and one general view, and eighty-three color-plate figures of 
fruits in one general view. The second volume contains thirty- 
seven half-tone plates, all figures of fruits, and forty-seven color 
plates, also all figures of fruits, making a total of 209 illustrations. 
A large part of the expense of issuing these reports and undoubtedly 
a large part of their value depends on these illustrations. They are 
.ll-figured from specimens of the variety, those selected being normal 
specimens. Each volume contains-an index, besides which there isa 
combined index for both volumes at the end of the second 
volume. Both proper names and synonyms are included in these 
indices, the proper name being in roman and the synonym in 
italics. 
