in reference to Two or Three Western Apples. 197 



Pippins" and " Yellow Pippins" without number. It bore a 

 very striking resemblance to the French variety, and evidently 

 belonged to the same class. And lastly, inasmuch as the fruit 

 would be first introduced to the notice of pomologists by the new 

 name, I conceived that no inconvenience could result from it. 



Upon the whole, this case is a good one to exemplify the 

 propriety of the principle of the Fifth Rule as set forth in 

 my article upon the subject of the Uniform Nomenclature of 

 Fruits, (Vol. XII. p. 47), which is, — 



" That the names given to new seedlings be sufficiently 

 distinctive to guard against and prevent their being confound- 

 ed with previously named sorts." 



Had I adhered to it in this case, no doubt would ever have 

 arisen, as I believe there is no foundation for any, of this be- 

 ing a new and distinct variety. 



Fourth : — The varieties before referred to, as well as the 

 Early Pennock, Crimson Nonpareil, Belle de Witt, and Zoar 

 Large Green, have been already widely disseminated among 

 nurserymen by myself and others, chiefly by Mr. Mathews. 



Coshocton, March 16, 1847. 



Note. Allow me to call your attention to a very fine 

 red apple of medium size, called Butter Apple or Butter 

 Sweet, the origin of which is unknown to me further than 

 that it was first cultivated, as I am informed, in the neighbor- 

 hood of Wooster, Ohio, whence I obtained two trees in 1839, 

 which are now bearing. It is hardly a sweet apple, very 

 juicy and sprightly, with an exceedingly high musky flavor 

 such as I never found in any other apple. It keeps well into 

 winter. T. S. H. 



If, as we may infer from the remarks of our correspondent, 

 in whose opinion we place the greatest confidence, the Amer- 

 ican White Winter Calville is a native variety, his explana- 

 tion in regard to the name is especially valuable to prevent 

 mistakes hereafter. After our remarks, appended to Mr. 

 Fahnestock's article, had gone to press, it occurred to us that 

 we had received some account of the variety in ques- 

 tion before, and, in turning to a former volume, (XL p. 448,) 

 we found we had done, what is not usual with us, overlooked 

 his communication, and also the fact that, through the kind- 



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