290 AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



watched and changed from top to bottom, to give each apple a 

 chance for perfect and equal cooking, which will ordinarily be 

 accomplished in about an hour. 



SELECTION OF FIFTY KINDS. 



The varieties named below are arranged nearly in the order 

 in which they will be found to ripen under equal circumstances 

 in any given latitude. Their general times of ripening at 

 New York are stated, in order to afford a kind of fixed point 

 from which to calculate for other localities. They are classed 

 as small, as the early strawberry ; medium sized, as the Van- 

 dervere ; or large, as the fall pippin ; in respect to flavor, as 

 acid, subacid, and sweet. Apples and other fruits are liable to 

 vary considerably in form, coloring, and general appearance, as. 

 well as quality and flavor, in different soils and climates, but in 

 general the outlines will afford an accurate idea of their figure. 



1. EARLY MAY. 

 Fig. 143. 



Tree of moderate and rather upright growth, forming a pretty 

 compact head, and bearing well. 



Fruit very small, almost round, green, becoming yellowish 

 white when ripe. Flesh white, tender, and not very juicy. 

 Flavor mild subacid. Ripens about the last of June at New 

 York ; its name is Virginian. 



