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The earliest and best of these are the following : The 

 Early Harvest, which, in the climate of New York, begins 

 to ripen in the end of July, is of good size, yellow, tender 

 flesh, rich subacid pleasant flavor. Tree erect and good 

 bearer. 



The Early Bough. — A large, yellow, sweet, tender, 

 juicy, excellent apple—tree a good bearer, and ripens in 

 August. 



The Red Astrachan is another very fine early apple- 

 ripens in August. It is rather large ; crimson, rich acid 

 and handsome. Tree a good bearer and ripens in August. 



The Early Strawberry and Early Joe are smaller but 

 delicious apples — ripen with the Red Astrachan in Au- 

 gust. Next in season comes the Summer Rose, a fine ap- 

 ple, and this is followed by the Gravenstetn, Fall Pippin, 

 Autumn Strawberry, Hawley, Dyer, Northern Sweet ana 

 Porter. 



Among our winter apples the most productive and one 

 of the best is the Rhode Island Greening, next Baldwin, 

 Roxbury Russet and Golden Russet, long keepers. E. 

 Spitsenburgh, Yellow Bell flower, Swaar, Jonathan, King, 

 Northern Spy, (Norton's melon and Wagener delicate table 

 apples,) Red Canada, Vandervere, Ladies, Bailey, and 

 Talman Sweet, a"nd last but best for export, Newtown Pip- 

 pin, which is only productive in some localities, or with 

 high cultivation. 



