INTEODUCTION OF THE APPLE INTO AMEIUCA 747 



FIG. 195. MARKER ERECTED TO ORIGINAL NORTHERN SPY AT BLOOM FIELD, 



ONTABIO COUNTY 



On the tablet is engraved the following inscription: "The original 

 Northern Spy apple tree stood about 14 rods south of this spot, in a 

 seedling orchard planted by Herman Chapin about 1800. The Early Joe 

 and Melon apples also originated in this orchard." 



(Photograph l>y Ontario Fruit-growers' Society.) 



