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Descriptions of Ttoo Varieties of Apples. 



comes mealy when overripe, and is then apt to burst open. 

 Ripens before the Early Harvest is done, and continues a week 

 or two longer than that variety, to which it is nearly if not 



Pig. 40. Jane Apple. 



quite equal in quality, {fi^. 40.) The tree was procured 

 from Wood's nursery, atSmilhtield, Ohio, is a thrifty grower, 

 and, so far, only moderately productive. 

 Coshocton^ Ohio, July, 1848, 



It is well known that many of the varieties of apples cul- 

 tivated at the west, as seedlings, have proved to be old 

 kinds carried from the east, and the object of Mr. Humrick- 

 house, in his descriptions and engravings, is, to discover how 

 many of these supposed seedlings, generally cultivated, can be 

 identified, that they may no longer be disseminated under 

 erroneous names : one of the above kinds, it is almost certain, 

 was carried from the east, though Mr. Humrickhouse, who 

 has good authorities at hand, cannot identify it with any pub- 

 lished description. 



Now we suspect that the variety described as the Summer 

 Sweeting, is the old and well-known H/o-A Top iStceetiiiff, for- 

 merly very extensively cultivated in the Old Colony, where 

 there are now hundreds of trees of great age, and in full bear- 



