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vived the first season, attained a considerable size, 

 and bore tolerably well: last year (1815) the remain- 

 ing six or seven perished, from the bursting and de- 

 cay of the bark near the surface of the earth. 



NO. 47. WINTER PEARMAIN. 



Is called in England, the Hertfordshire Pearmain, 

 and is sometimes known by the name of the French 

 Pearmain in this country it is one of the most estima- 

 apples of the season : as a table fruit, it is rich, break- 

 ing and sprightly, though not very full of juice few 

 apples surpass it for cooking, and it produces excel- 

 lent cider it ripens in October, and will keep 

 through the winter. The fruit is of moderate size, 

 of an oblong form, very free from blemishes ; the skin 

 is smooth, of a dull red, faintly streaked with green, 

 which when exposed to the sun, turns to a yellow, 

 with indistinct russet spots : the tree grows handsome- 

 ly, with a large and regular form, and is supposed to 

 be the most hardy and uniformly productive apple in 

 our orchards, well adapted to light soils. 



NO. 48. JERSEY, OR RHODE-ISLAND GREENING. 



Sometimes called the Burlington Greening; is a 



