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we have been at a loss to account for the various additions 

 which have been made to this name by subsequent pomolog- 

 ical writers. There is no Late Bough, that this should be dis- 

 tinguished as the Early Bough ; nor is there a Red Bough, 

 that it should be known as the Large Yellow. And there is 

 no more reason why it should be called the Early Bough, 

 than that the Red Astrachan should be called the Early Red 

 Astrachan. Mr. Manning called it the Early Bough ; Mr. 

 Kenrick, the Early Sweet Bough ; and Mr. Downing, follow- 



Fig. 46. Bough Apple. 



ing Mr. Thompson, calls it the Large Yellow Bough. We 

 do not admit the right of renaming our American fruits 

 abroad, thus showing either a want of respect for American 

 authorities, or an entire ignorance of the writings of our pom- 

 ological authors : and, in this instance, as in many others, we 

 hope that all pomologists will render justice by restoring the 

 original name, especially when such name is brief and dis- 

 tinctive. 



