SELECT LISTS OF VARIETIES. 403 



SELECT LIST prepared for this \oork, by SAMUEL WALKER, 



President of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, a* 



th accordance, with his own experience, and in the order Oj 



their value t all things considered. 



Apples Rhode Island Greening, Gravenstein, Baldwin 

 Early Harvest, Minister, Danver's Sweet, Bough, Roxbury 

 Russet, Dyer, White Seeknofurther, Summer Rose, Porter, 

 Hubbardston Nonesuch, Fameuse, Summer Pearmain, Fall 

 Harvey, Red Astrachan, Fall Pippin, River, William's Fa- 

 vorite 20. 



Pears Vicar of Winkfield, (for its size, productiveness, 

 ong continuance, and many uses,) Bartlett, Beurr d'Arem- 

 berg, Seckel, Fondante d'Autornne, Urbaniste, Bloodgood 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey on quince, Winter Nelis, Dear* 

 Corn's Seedling, Flemish Beauty, Glout Morceau, Madeleine 

 Beurre Bosc, Beurro Diel on quince, Rostiezer, Heathcote 

 Passe Colmar, Andrews, Golden Bilboa, Tyson, Dix 22. 



Cherries Black Tartarian, Black Eagle, Downer's Red, 

 Mayduke, Bigarreau, Knight's Early Black 6. 



Peaches Grosse Mignonne, George IV., Oldmixon Free, 

 Cooledge's Favorite, Crawford's Late, Late Red Rare- 

 ripe 6. 



Plums Green Gage, Jefferson, Purple Gage, Columbia, 

 Washington, Imperial Gage 6. 



Apricots Moorpark, Breda, Royal. 



Nect.arines Elruge, Hunt's Tawny, New White, Early 

 Newington, Early Violet, Roman 6. 



Native Grapes Isabella, Catawba. 



LIST furnished by R. MANNING, Pomological Garden* Sa* 

 lem, Mass. 



Three best pears, early, middle, and late Bartlett, Para- 

 dise d'Autornne, Winter Nelis. 



Three best summer pears Bloodgood, Rostiezer, Dear- 

 born's Seedling. 



2%,ree best autumn Bartlett, Paradise d'Autornne, Urba- 

 niste. 



Three best winter Winter Nelis, Beurre d'Aremberg, 

 Easter Beurre. 



* Where nearly one thousand sorts are in bearing. T. Rivera, in England, ha* 

 elected out of nearly one thousand, only/o Mr f or market, viz., Bartlett, Bevrrt 

 d'Amalis, Capiaumont, and Louise Bonne of Jersey. The second and third, how- 

 ever, prove no better than second quality, in this country. 



