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May Apple. 



or three greenhouses well filled with roses, heath s^ and some 

 of the most popular and saleable plants. Heaths are raised 

 in considerable quantities, being turned out of the pots in sum- 

 mer, in an airy situation, and taken up, potted, and wintered 

 in frames, by which mode of treatment they make large 

 blooming plants in two years. In our hot and drying climate, 

 they succeed much better in this way than when kept in 

 pots, setting aside the labor and expense attending the care of 

 a good stock. We found one house nearly filled with prairie 

 roses. 



The weather being warm, preparations were making for 

 planting out lettuces, early cabbages, cauliflowers, &c., in 

 great quantities. 



Art. II. Description and Engraving of the May Apple. 

 By T. S. HuMRicKHousE, Coshocton, Ohio. 



This apple has been extensively sold by the Myers's from 

 their nurseries. It is different from any apple I know. I 



Fig. 28. May Apple. 



suppose Mr. Samuel Myers, of Richland, can tell its history, 

 and whether it be a new or an old variety. It is a very val- 



