Mr. Ernsfs Remarks 07i the Cooper Apple. 201 



cidedly sweet, yet very pleasantly so and rich ; flesh white 

 and tender. 



The Dyer, I have not, to compare the growth with. Mr. 

 Downing's description of that fruit is very applicable to the 

 Cooper, Had he given us the description of the growth of 

 the tree, its habit, and color of the wood, we could then have 

 judged of their identity. 



I thought, Mr. Editor, this explanation, in the moment and 

 sudden excitement which has sprung up in regard to this 

 fruit, might allay some of the anxiety about its identity 

 with this or that apple. One Western editor gravely sur- 

 mises that it would be found identical with the Fall Pippin. 

 He might, with greater propriety, have supposed it the Maiden's 

 Blush. The growth and appearance of the wood of the Coop- 

 er is so decidedly marked and distinct from most others, that 

 any common observer who has seen it once will know it again 

 among a hundred sorts. Hoping, sir, I shall not be viewed 

 as impertinently intermeddling with this matter, but that this 

 description of the tree, with its habit, which I have not seen 

 alluded to by any of the writers on its fruit, may lead you, 

 or some of your readers, to identify it, is my apology for thus 

 troubling you. 



Spring Garden, near Cincinnati, March 20, 1847. 



Mr. Ernst has our thanks for the above remarks, and we 

 are sure we may speak for our correspondent, to whom he 

 alludes, that he will have his also. Such is the information 

 we need, and such is the information we must have, if we 

 would ever arrive at a correct nomenclature of our fruits. 

 Mr. Ernst, as well as other of our correspondents, knows how 

 much importance we attach, not only to the habit of growth 

 of a tree, in identifying fruits, but even to the color of the 

 wood, the shape of the buds, the form of the leaves, &c. This 

 we have set forth in the prospectus to our proposed new work, 

 the first number of which will probably be in the hands of 

 both Mr. Ernst and Mr. Humrickhouse before they see these 

 remarks. Without regard to these particulars, and without 

 the most careful observation, we never can arrive at any cer- 

 tain and satisfactory results. With a hope to do something 

 to aid in the good work, we have, at great expense and labor, 



