406 SELECT LISTS OF VARIETIES. 



LIST OF APPLES, ripening in succession, by A. H. ERNST 

 President of Cincinnati Hort. Society. 



Sweet Bough, Early Harvest, Summer Rose, Fall Pippin, 

 Golden Russet, Cor Bullock's Pippin,) Newtown Spitzen- 

 burgh, Yellow Bellefleur, Woolman's Long (or Ortley or 

 White Detroit,) White Pippin, Brodwell, Winesap, Yellow 

 Newtown Pippin, Rawle's Jannet 13. Add for a larger 

 collection, Red Juneating, Summer Queen, Golden Sweet- 

 ing, Kaighn's Spitzenburgh, Rhode Island Greening, Rambo, 

 Pryor's Red, Vandevere, Doctor, Roxbury Russet 10. 



Pears ripening in succession, proved excellent at Cincin- 

 nati Madeleine, Julienne, Bartlett, Washington, Gray 

 Doyenne, Seckel, Duchesse d'Angouleme, Beurr6 Diel, 

 Louise Bonne of Jersey. 



Strawberries Neck Pine, earliest; Old Hudson, unri- 

 valled for the market gardener; Jenny's Seedling,* very 

 hardy, prolific ; Hovey's Seedling, its position not yet fully 

 established ; Taylor's Seedling,! promises to be valuable. 



SELECT LIST by F. R. ELLIOTT, Cleveland, Ohio. 



Apples Best single variety, for northern Ohio, Bel- 

 mont or Waxen. 



Three best, summer, autumn, and winter; Summer 

 Rose, Fall Pippin, Red Canada or Nonesuch. 



Three best summer Early Harvest, Summer Rose, Ameri- 

 can Summer Pearmain. 



Three best autumn Gravenstein, Porter, Fall Pippin. 



Three best winter Belmont, Swaar, Nonesuch. 



For the six best, for each season, add to the preceding, 

 Red Astrachan, Williams' Favorite, Early Joe ; Fall Har- 

 vey, Ross Nonpareil, Rambo ; Hubbardston Nonesuch, Cana- 

 da Reinette, Rhode Island Greening. 



For the best forty, add to the preceding, Maiden's Blush, 

 Minister, Fameuse, Roxbury Russet, Westfield Seeknofur- 

 ther, Yellow Bellflower, Court of Wyck, Jonathan, Lady 

 Apple, Herefordshire Pearmain, American Golden Russet, 

 Esopus Spitzenburgh, Pryor's Red, Wood's Greening, Fort 



* Fruit medium, uniform, very productive, sharp acid but fine flavor, firm, but fine 

 for market. Pistillate, late bloomer. Origin , Boston. 



t Above medium, size uniform, long-conical, pointed, beautifal scarlet, productive 

 tardy, strong, less acid than moat scarlets. 



