APPLES. 355 



There have recently been introduced a number of new 

 seedling crabs, originated chiefly at the West. Some of 

 them arc described as keeping into mid-winter, some of 

 such quality as to fit them for the dessert, and all repre- 

 sented as valuable, in the extreme North and North-west, 

 for their hardiness. 



They are a highly interesting class of fruits, and quite 

 likely to prove valuable. 



SELECT LIST OF APPLES. 



The following varieties arc recommended for the East- 

 ern and Middle States. 



Summer. Early Harvest, Early Strawberry, Golden 

 Sweet, Large Yellow Bough, Red Astrachan, Williams' 

 Favorite. 



Autumn. Chenango Strawberry, Duchess of Olden- 

 burg, Fall Pippin, Gravenstein, Hawthornden, Jefferis, 

 Jersey Sweet, Lowell, Ly man's Pumpkin Sweet, Porter, 

 St. Lawrence. 



Winter. Baldwin, Esopus Spitzenburgh, Fameuse, 

 Golden Russet of Western New York, Hubbardston Non- 

 such, Jonathan, King of Tompkins County, Lady Apple, 

 Monmouth Pippin, Mother, Northern Spy, Peck's Pleas- 

 ant, Pomme Gris, Red Canada, Rhode Island Greening, 

 Roxbury Russet, Talman's Sweet, Twenty-Ounce, Wag- 

 ener, Yellow Bellflower. 



For the West and South : 



Nearly all the summer and fall varieties of the Eastern 

 and Middle States succeed well at the West and South. 

 The winter varieties specially adapted to those regions 

 are so designated in the previous lists. In California and 

 Oregon our best Northern sorts generally succeed, but the 

 winter varieties of the South will be better adapted to 



