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lerent, being very black and exquisitely 

 fine to the taste. The new varieties of 

 apples described as being raised at Pet- 

 worth, were also the produce of a mix- 

 ture in the above way, and although it 

 was not conducted with all that mechan- 

 ical precision which is described above, the 

 effect in point of produce has been equally 

 as interesting. The circmnstance of the 

 reproduction of the Ribstone pippin from 

 its own seeds, described in page 133 of 

 this work, is a singular circumstance. It 

 has not hitherto fallen to our lot to con- 

 gratulate our countrymen on the repro- 

 duction of the Golden pippin, which is 

 evidently going into decay from age. 

 Yet from the above we have no reason 

 to despair of success, as the noble and 

 public spirited pro])rietor of that fruit 

 tree having sown a considerable numbei" 

 of the seeds of the best Golden pippin, 

 which I had the honour of selecting for 

 the purpose, there is still hope that this 

 object so very much to be wished may 

 be obtained. 



It should be observed, that it is a bles- 

 sing to society when men of independ- 



