VARIETIES OP APPLE. 79 



requires good cultivation, and is much benefited by an occasional 

 dressing of wood ashes. 



The tree is a vigorous, but very crooked grower in the nursery, 

 and forms a large, spreading head in the orchard. It soon comes 

 into bearing, and is exceedingly productive, yielding fair, even- 

 sized fruit. On this account it is very extensively planted for 

 market purposes, being one of the most profitable sorts. 



The fruit is large, roundish, green at first, but gradually 

 changing to a greenish yellow at maturity, with sometimes a dull 

 red cheek ; flesh yellow, fine grained, very juicy, with a lively, 

 pleasant acid flavor; quality "very good." In use from Decem- 

 ber to March. 



RiBSTON Pippin. — This is truly a splendid apple with us, and 

 though our cousins over the border do not esteem it as highly as 

 they do the Baldwin, Swaar, and some others, yet in our climate 

 it is one of the very best. The tree is sufficiently hardy to 

 thrive throughout a large part of the Dominion, though it is not 

 able to endure a climate Kke that of the Ottawa district in 

 Ontario. It flourishes in the apple regions of Ifova Scotia and 

 New Brunswick, where it maintains fully its high character. 



The fruit is full medium in size, sometimes large, especially 

 on young trees ; color yellow, mingled with russet, shaded and 

 splashed with red on the exposed side ; flesh deep yellow, crisp, 

 with a rich, peculiarly aromatic, sub-acid flavor ; quality " best." 

 The tree is moderately vigorous, and bears young and abundantly. 



This apple commands a ready sale, at the very highest prices, 

 in the markets of Great Britain, and might be advantageously 

 and profitably planted in considerable quantities by the orchardist 

 who will carefully gather the fruit early in October, sort it prop- 

 erly, and ship it at once by steamer to the trans-Atlantic markets, 

 where its reputation is fully equal to that of the famous Green 

 Newtown Pippin. 



EoxBURT Russet. — Boston Russet. — Putnam Russet. — This 

 variety has been largely planted for market purposes, for which 

 it is particularly valuable, on account of its long-keeping qualities. 



