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FRUIT BOOK. 



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 therefore have some regard to these cir- 

 cumstances. 



A selection of nineteen varieties we would recom- 

 mend for a garden : 



APPLES. 



No. 1. Early Harvest. This is the earliest ap- 

 ple worthy of cultivation : the form is flat, of medium 

 size ; the skin, when perfectly ripe, is of a beautifully 

 bright straw color ; the flesh tender and sprightly ; 

 if gathered before they are fully ripe, it has too much 

 acidity. The finest fruits are those which drop ripe 

 from the tree ; the branches make very acute angles, 

 by which it is readily distinguished from most other 

 trees in the orchard ; it bears young. Ripe in July 

 and August. 



No. 2. Early Bough. This is a large hand- 

 some apple, the form sometimes oblong, the skin a 

 pale yellow, often with a bright red tinge, the flesh 



