NATIVE FRUITS. 



A PAPER READ BEFORE THE WESTERN N. Y. HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AT 

 ROCHESTER, JANUARY 27'1'H, 1 88 1. 



The Secretary addressed the several members of the committee, as well 

 as some prominent horticulturists, and requested any information they 

 might possess relative to the newer fruits of promise. The replies which 

 some have sent indicate that although a large number of new fruits are at 

 present under trial, few have been sufficiently tested to justify an expression 

 of opinion as to their value. The memoranda which others have kindly 

 furnished appear in full in the report. For the purpose of giving additional 

 interest to the report, the Secretary has taken the liberty to draw attention 

 to some of the older fruits, the merits of which seem to have been disre- 

 garded or overlooked. 



Apples. 



Although a considerable number of new apples are said to have been 

 introduced to notice during the last year, few have come under the obser- 

 vation of the committee. During the autumn, Mr. J. F. Tillinghast, of 

 Factoryville, Pa., sent us specimens of the Clarke Apple, a variety which 

 originated in Lackawanna county, Pa., some thirty-five years ago. It is 

 supposed to be a chance seedling, and in the locality where it was found it 

 is highly esteemed. The fruit is of medium size, say three inches in diam- 

 eter ; form, roundish ovate, contracted at the eye ; stalk, short and slender ; 

 skin, whitish-yellow, sprinkled with dark specks ; flesh, white, fine grained, 

 tender, juicy, mild sub-acid, not rich, but pleasant to the taste. The tree 

 is said to be of branching, drooping habit, and an early, regular and abun- 

 dant bearer. It is evidently a fall fruit, but Mr. Tillinghast says it will 

 keep till spring. On account of its good quality, we deem it worthy of trial. 



Sutton Beauty. We are indebted to Mr. O. B. Hadwen, of Worcester, 

 Mass., for the following, relative to this variety: "Its origin was on the 

 farm of the late John Waters, of Sutton. Worcester county, Mass. I think 

 it was first shown at the rooms of the Worcester Horticultural Society, 

 some twenty-five years since, by Joel Knapp, but the annual exhibitions 

 being in September, and the ** Sutton" being shown in an unripe condition, 

 it did not receive the notice it deserved. A few trees were grown by the 

 late S. H. Colton and George Jaqut s. I have two trees of it, some twenty 

 years old, that bear fine crops on the even years, and I have a growing ap- 

 preciation of its value. First, for the thrifty, upright habit of the tree; 

 second, for its productiveness of apples of uniform size, of roundish conical 

 form, fair specimens measuring 9^ inches each way ; third, the color of the 

 fruit is very marked and attractive, being a light crimson red, with a few 



