108 New Seedling Fruits of the West. 



After seeing the notice of the Cooper apple in the Ohio 

 Cultivator^ we requested Mr, Humrickhouse, on whose good 

 judgment we could rely, to inquire into the history of that 

 variety, and, if possible, to send us an engraving, and, as the 

 result of his inquiry, we are enabled to offer the above excel- 

 lent paper, which every cultivator, we are sure, will join with 

 us in saying, has an important bearing on the question of the 

 seedling origin of the Cooper apple. Mr. Humrickhouse has 

 shown that it was originally carried from Connecticut ; but as 

 we believe there is no apple known under the name of Cooper 

 in Eastern collections, it is very reasonable to conjecture that 

 it may be known under some other name. For the present, 

 we shall only add Mr. Manning's description of the Drap 

 d'Or, alluded to by our correspondent, and leave the subject 

 to be taken up again when we have an opportunity to ex- 

 amine the fruit. 



Drap d'Or. — A large, flat apple, of a bright, but pale yel- 

 low color, covered all over with small black pips (never with 

 a red check) ; the flesh is tender, very light and pleasant ; the 

 growth of the tree is large and spreading ; it bears well, and 

 should be found in every good collection. Ripe in September 

 and October. This is the true Drap d'Or of Coxe and Ronald^ 

 but not of Duhamel. — Manning^ s Book of Fruits, p. 48. 



Art. V. Notice of some Neio Seedlirig Fruits of the West, 

 with a Description and Engraving of the American White 

 Winter Calville Apple. By A. Fahnestock, Lancaster, 

 Ohio. • 



I HAVE some choice native apples of great merit, amongst 

 which are the Early Pennock, A?nericati White Winter Cal- 

 ville, Crimson Nonpareil, Belle de Witt, Hart's Orange Sweet- 

 ing, Red Pearmain, Baldhill, Early Summer Red Streak, 

 Hocking Seedling, Hooker, Large Late, Large Vandevere and 

 Zoar Large Green, «fcc. These apples are not in any nursery 

 that I know of, except one, in Ohio, besides my own. I have 

 also a new Nectarine raised by Mr. Baker, supposed to have 

 come from the seed of a peach ; it has fruited but once, and is 

 very fine, also some new plums and pears, peaches, &c. 



