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fertilization, or suppose that the rain has washed away the 

 pollen. When an apple-tree ripens its wood early in the 

 season, and ceases to grow late in autumn, if the soil is fer- 

 tile, the fault is in the tree ; and the sooner it is removed, 

 the more satisfactory it will be for the proprietor. Some 

 trees are naturally poor bearers, or no bearers at all, and 

 they can never be made to yield a crop of fruit. 



FENOUILLET JATJNB. 



. Drap d'Or, Pomme de Charactere, Embroidered Pippin, and Cloth 

 of Gold. This beautiful apple is of French origin. The fruit is covered usually 

 with a yellow gray russety net-work. The stem is beautifully dotted with small 

 dark specks ; slender, and in some specimens short and stout. The basin is shal- 

 low; taste, sub-acid, and fine-flavored. Season, early autumn, continuing until 

 cold weather ; tree, vigorous, regular, and spreading, and a prolific bearer. This 

 beautiful variety has not as yet been introduced and cultivated except by a email 

 number of pomological amateurs. We have never seen the fruit in the New York 

 market. A few nurserymen who cultivate rare varieties, have grafted a few trees 

 with cions taken from a " Cloth of Gold " tree. By communicating with gentle- 

 men who cultivate extensive nurseries near New York city, or Rochester, or Chi- 

 cago, 111., a few cions or young trees may readily be obtained. By means of su- 

 perior cultivation, the size may be greatly augmented. 



