II. NOTICES OF SOME NEW FRUITS NOT DE- 

 SCRIBED IN THE BODY OF THIS WORK. 



[NEW fruits are to be recommended for trial, and not for 

 general crops. Eagerness for novelties has led to much 

 disappointment. The fruit committee of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society, make the following very just remarks: 

 " Upon the whole, it is believed that it will prove the best 

 and safest course for beginners to make their selections 

 from well known and established kinds, unless in their esti- 

 mation, the gratification of a desire for novelties an inte- 

 rest in watching the progress and development of some new 

 varieties, and of contributing from their experience a share 

 to the common stock of pomological knowledge form a 

 sufficient recompense for probably repeated disappoint- 

 ments." A part of the following, it will be observed, how- 

 ever, have been well proved in certain localities.] 



APPLES. 



Carolina June, (Red June, Slush June.) Size medium, 

 oblong, very red, flesh tender, juicy, sub-acid, with a 

 sprightly, agreeable flavor ; quite early, and continues to 

 ripen for four weeks, and will keep very long after ripe 

 for a summer apple ; profitable for market. The tree a 

 fine erect grower, very hardy, bears young and abundant- 

 ly. The most valuable early apple in northern Illinois 

 and adjacent region. 



King. Several varieties are cultivated by this name, the 

 best of which appears to be a large, dark red fruit, culti- 

 vated in Cayuga county, N. Y., and adjacent region. It 

 considerably resembles the Baldwin, but is finer grained, 

 and more distinctly striped. It is much admired where 

 known. 



Primate. Above medium, roundish-conical, ribbed, light 

 green ; fine grained, very juicy, and agreeable, of mode- 

 rately high flavor. Ripens for several weeks through the 

 latter part of summer. Valuable. Western New- York. 



