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think of setting out one of these varieties ; certainly not as 

 long as we have native sorts, such as the BufTum, Heathcot, 

 Swan's Orange, Columbia, Fulton, Hull, Pratt, Tyson, &c. 

 We therefore sincerely hope, with our correspondent, that Mr. 

 Downing will correct his absurd notion about diseased stocks, 

 and admit that the cracking of the Doyenne pear is not attrib- 

 utable to any such cause. — Ed. 



Art. III. Descriptions and Engravings of Select Varieties 

 of Apples. By the Editor. 



We continue our descriptive account of the finest varieties 

 of apples ; six kinds having been already figured at pp. 70 and 

 163. During the past autumn, we have had the opportunity 

 to make a large collection of drawings, and in our next vol- 

 ume we shall give an account of several excellent varieties. 



The three varieties now described are of very recent intro- 

 duction to notice, and of superior quality. The two first are 

 supposed to be natives of Western New York, and the last is 

 from Canada. They are each desirable additions to any col- 

 lection of apples. 



YII. HAWLEy. 



Dows, of some collections in Western New York. 



We have already briefly noticed and described this excel- 

 lent apple, (p 112.) Last spring. Gen. E. W, Leavenworth, 

 of Syracuse, to whom we are indebted for our account of it, 

 sent us a few scions, and the past autumn he forwarded some 

 fine specimens of the fruit : our correspondent, J. H. Watts, 

 Esq., of Rochester, also supplied us with a quantity of beau- 

 tiful apples. We have thus been enabled to complete our de- 

 scription, and accompany it with a correct outline of the fruit. 



The Hawley apple, {Jig- 50,) originated on the farm of Mr. 

 Matthew Hawley, of New Canaan, N. Y., about a century ago, 

 from seeds carried from Milford, Ct., from whence Mr. Hawley 

 removed at that time. For about forty years it has been con- 

 siderably cultivated near the locality of its origin ; but its ex- 



