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Celery. Seymour's Superb White has obtained so good a 

 reputation, that but few cultivators can be induced to try 

 other sorts. The following variety, we can however recom- 

 mend, as fully equalling that fine sort : — 



New Curled. A remarkably solid stemmed variety, grow- 

 ing to good size, and one of the tenderest of all the celeries. 

 No good collection should be without it. 



Cabbages, The new varieties are numerous, but only a 

 few have been introduced ; four years ago, we merely noticed 

 some as new, which had not then been grown in American 

 collections ; having since had the opportunity to try some of 

 them, we would notice — 



Waiters New Dwarf, as one of the finest early cabbages. 

 A cultivator who has raised for the market, for twenty years, 

 states that it was the best variety he grew last year. The 

 heads are small, but they are solid, and uniform in shape. It 

 has no coarseness about it, and the flavor is superior. It also 

 occupies but little room, compared with some of the old vari- 

 eties ; and a large number of plants may be grown upon a 

 small piece of ground. 



The Early Nonpareil is a fine cabbage, somewhat like the 

 Early York, heading freely, and a fine-flavored and excellent 

 variety. 



Art. IV. Descriptions and Engravifigs of Select Varieties 

 of Apples. By the Editor. 



XXVIII. Minister. Kenrick's American Orchardist. 



The late Mr. Manning considered the Minister, {fig. 14,) 

 as "one of the very finest apples New England has pro- 

 duced;" and, after a long acquaintance with it, we can fully 

 confirm his opinion of it. In the tenderness of its flesh, and 

 its brisk vinous juice, it is not surpassed by any apple of its 

 season. It is of good, size, and, though of somewhat irreg- 

 ular form, it has a fair yellowish skin, very distinctly striped 

 with bright crimson. The tree is a vigorous and healthy 

 grower and a most abundant bearer. 



