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We shall be glad to receive any descriptions or notices of 

 new fruits which our correspondent may find the opportunity 

 to send U3. — Ed. 



Art. VI. Pomological Notices : or Notices respecting new and 

 superior fruits, worthy of general cultivation. Notices of 

 several new apples, peaches and grapes. By the Editor. 



Apples. In our last volume (XII. p. 474,) we briefly des- 

 cribed several new apples, which have been lately introduced 

 to cultivation; since that period, however, a few other new 

 sorts have been recommended to us by our correspondents, a 

 few of which we now name : — 



Hooker. — This is a very fine apple, of which the following 

 account has been sent us by our friend J. W. Bissell, of Roch- 

 ester, N. Y. " The original tree is growing on the farm of 

 the grandfather of my partner, in Windsor, Conn., and was 

 brought to this country by E. B. Strong. The tree grows 

 strongly and bears a great crop, each alternate year : season, 

 December to April. You will notice that the flavor is much 

 like the Seek-no-further, which makes it a very great favorite 

 with women and children ; yet, unlike the Seek-no-further, it 

 is first-rate for cooking ; the skin is very thick and preserves 

 the fruit well. It is of medium size, with a red skin, and 

 high flavored." 



Hawley. — This is another new apple, not known in the 

 nurseries, but, according to our correspondent, E. W. Leaven- 

 worth, Esq., of Syracuse, N. Y., of undoubted merit. He 

 writes us that " it is superior to any apple of the month of 

 October for the table. It has been cultivated by two uncles 

 of mine, in Columbia and Cayuga, for 20 or 30 years past, 

 — one calling it the Hawley, the other, Dows, apple. It is 

 large — as large as the Baldwin — fair, green, becoming partly 

 yellow, tender, juicy and delicious. Hawley and Dows are 

 the names of the men from whom the scions were originally 

 obtained. 



Melvin Sweet. — This is the name of a variety considerably 



