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heavy white down on the under side. The tree has been growing 

 so hard that it is late coming to bearing, but it promises to be pro- 

 ductive. The fruit is round, somewhat irregular, of medium size 

 or larger, distinguished by a very small cavity, often none, with a 

 fleshy stem. The color is a pale green, with some pale red on the 

 sunny side. The flesh is white, soft, of a very mild acid, and 

 though not rich, may be called very good. It attracted some at- 

 tention at the fair of the Montreal Horticultural Society in Sep- 

 tember, and was thought to be a promising market fruit. I think 

 some have this variety under a different name. If so they will 

 easily recognize it by the above description. 



Among fall sweet apples, the only one of much value that I have 

 found is a Russian, the Prolific Sweeting. The tree is a good, up- 

 right grower, late in coming to full bearing, but then prolific, a 

 handsome, large round, or slightly flattened yellow apple, of excel- 

 lent quality for eating or baking. I desire nothing better of its 

 season, September. 



The Fameuse is an apple which we try to grow here because it 

 is so extremely popular. Our trees are never healthy, still they 

 hang to life and continue bearing as long as a limb is left. 

 On the whole they yield some profit, though half of the fruit is 

 unmarketable from spotting. They bring a good price, and are in 

 eatiug about a. month before the Wealthy. They do not keep, 

 usually, beyond New Year. 



Here I want to mention a Russian apple of which T have but a 

 single tree, and the name of which I am not certain of, though I 

 think it may be " Longfold's Apple." It has only borne for three 

 or four years, and did not attract much attention until last year, 

 when it bore a full crop, and proved to be a keeper. It is a little 

 below Fameuse in average size, but shaped like it, of a darker red, 

 and covered with a blue bloom like that of the Hyslop crab. It is 

 perfectly fair, not so soft-flushed as Famuse, but of an excellent 

 sub-acid flavor, with a good deal of richness, certainly, for a Russian. 

 It keeps perfectly until spring. The tree is a moderate grower, 

 but handsome and thrifty. This is the first winter Russian that I 

 have fruited, and is an agreeable surprise. I have two other winter 

 Russians of the 1870 importation, the fruit of which I have seen, 

 although my own trees have not yet borne. These are the Bors- 

 dorf and the Little Seedling. Both are long keepers of medium 

 size, and Borsdorf seems to be a very good apple, much preferable 

 to Ben Davis. Little Seedling is a greenish yellow apple that keeps 

 till apples come again, but is only a cooking apple. These however 



