THE APPLE. 33 



for though the apple is raised with great facility 

 in almost every soil, yet it is probable that each 

 variety affects a particular one. Thus I perceive 

 the most popular apples of New England are na- 

 tives ; for example, the Rhode Island Greening, 

 Hubbardston Nonsuch, Roxbury Russet, Bald- 

 win, and Minister. This, to a considerable ex- 

 tent, is true of the West." 



Attention should also be had in the selection of 

 sorts, suitable to their destined soils ; as some va- 

 rieties that would succeed well in a strong clay, ' 

 would languish in a poor, light, sandy loam. The 

 Baldwin, Yellow Bellflower, and Swaar, flourish 

 well in a light loamy soil ; on the contrary, the 

 Ribstone Pippin, Pickman Pippin, and Red 

 Doctor, require that of a strong and retentive 

 nature. In planting orchards, we should there- 

 fore have some regard to these circumstances. 



The successful culture of the apple, says one 

 of the best cultivators of this fruit, depends very 

 much on the suitableness of the ground in which 

 they are planted ; the size and flavor of the fruit, 

 the general health and duration of the trees, 

 are most commonly the result of good or bad soil. 

 Of all the different descriptions of soil to be met 

 with, that of a soft hazel loarn, containing a small 

 portion of sand, seems to be the most congenial to 

 the apple generally. In such a soil, the tree is 

 sure to flourish longest, is most productive, and 

 remains most free from disease, or attacks of in- 

 sects. A great depth is not requisite ; eighteen or 

 twenty inches being quite enough, provided it be 

 on a dry sub soil. A wet bottom should be 

 avoided, if possible ; no kind of apple thriving long, 

 if the roots once enter into such a cold sub-stra- 



