200 Mr. Ernsts Remarks on the Cooper Apple. 



were the only kinds known in the vicinity, at the time the 

 seed of this tree was sown, or accidentally dropped where the 

 tree now is. The tree is now growing in grass land, and is, 

 of course, not as vigorous as if standing in a highly cultivated 

 garden. 



Our correspondent, who has communicated these facts, in- 

 forms us that it is a variety which, he does not doubt, will be 

 sought after with great avidity, as soon as its merits become 

 better known ; we hope, therefore, Mr. Allen will be success- 

 ful in rapidly bringing forward his young trees. 



Art IV. Some Remarks upon the Cooper Apple, and its Iden- 

 tity with Other Sorts. By A. H. Ernst, Cincinnati, Ohio. 



I HAVE read with instruction many of the articles from the 

 pen of your enthusiastic correspondent, Mr. Humrickhouse, 

 and always look them over with an expectation of meeting 

 something new and interesting. In his last, in your March 

 number, on the Cooper Apple, he says : — " The Cooper is 

 indeed, a most superior apple." This is true ; but he is in an 

 error in supposing it identical with the Drap d'Or, or the 

 Fall Harvey. After reading his supposition, I immediately 

 resorted to my trees, and compared the wood and their growth. 

 This I found to be decidedly different. I obtained my Fall 

 Harvey from the late R. Manning, and my Drap d'Or from 

 Capt. Lovett of Beverly. I therefore feel confident of their 

 genuineness. The Cooper, I obtained from Mr. George Dana, 

 Jr., a nurseryman of Belpre, Ohio, where it has been culti- 

 vated most, and is known best. The growth of the tree I 

 find to be upright, stiff, throwing out from its body thorny 

 spurs, much like a native or uncultivated tree. The wood is 

 yellowish red, and very much disposed to canker, showing 

 decay and tenderness. This is not the case with either of the 

 others. For specimens of the fruit, I am also indebted to the 

 same source. These were very fine, of a lightish yellow 

 color, slightly, but indistinctly streaked with red on the sunny 

 side ; globular form, but depressed at the base. It is not de- 



