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NEW ENGLAND FARRIER. 



[March 17 



From Ihe Mass. Jlgnc. Jlepos. vol. iii. page 92. 



THE BEST SORTS OF FRUITS. 



but four or five kinds woulJ be sufficient lor The soru wliich wc should recommend fbr 

 general cultivnlion. jgenenil cultivrtlion are, 



It is to be regretted that so tittle attention is! The Rhode-Island Greening., a good fall and 

 As much greater enconnigement has been of! piiid by the farmer to cultivating those fruits early -jsuiler apple, 

 late given in Ihe metropolis, to the raising of , which are considered as mere luxuries. Wei The A'onjiicA, a red apple, excellent, and very 

 good fruit, as the inh.ibitanls of our great towns do not say that the cherry ought to enter into late keeping apple. 



begin to discriminate Ihe several species, and to competition ivilli Ihe ap[)le, but since the cher- The .Yonpureil, a Russet apple, early in winter, 

 pay libenil prices for the best, it is hoped and i ry tree would form a beautiful shade round his: The .Ve-x/oxn Pippin, a good, hard, late 

 eEpecled that a greater attention will be paid | buildings, and would afford a pleasant, (and if j keeping iVuit. 



by cultivalors to the quality of the fruits they left to ripen perfectly) a very salutary article I The Spilrenberg. This is a fine fruit, and 

 vr.he. ; of fond, it is to be regretted that it is so seldom will keep sound till May or Jime. 



One of the greatest impediments to the im- 1 introduced. The Rnxbury Rmseting. This is one of the 



Almost every man has a garden spot; if he j best known and most valuable fruits. It is not 

 will not go to the expense of gelling Ihe stocks, tit to eat till February, and is very easily pre- 

 he may always [)rocure the cherry stones — j serv ed till .June. 



They are of quick growth, and a very hardy The Baliln'iii appk, {recenWy brought into 



tree. notice, though it has been in the counlrv proba- 



It is easily improved by grafting and innocu- ! biy tor many A'pars.) is a very valuatile fruit, 



lation, and even Ihe natural fruit is often very i beautiful, fine fJavoured, and will keep till the 



prnvemont of our fruil, is the great inattention 

 which has heretofore been paid to ihe names of 

 fruit (fees. It is not uncommon to have the 

 same apj)le or pear known by four or live dif- 

 ferent names. .A farmer hears of a new apple 

 which he is inlormed, and very correctly, is a 

 mosi admirable fruit. It is called the " Pecker 



apple." He says, that it is entirely neiv to him, i fine. 



and not doubting his friend's description, which 

 was iideed exact, he engrails all his remaining 

 stocks (Villi il. After waiting five years for the 

 result of his labors and anxious cares, he finds 

 hi< new engrafted fruit one which had abound- 

 ed "0 his estate before, of which he had as manv 

 as .,6 could use or sell, and which he bad known 

 under the name of the " Baldwin apple.'' 



Il certainly is important to have fixed names. 

 It would be better to have I hem the same by 

 which the same fruits are known i " 



The species most valuable to a farmer would 

 be, 



The Mnij Duke, a red cherry, commonly cal- 

 led Kinsely. 



Tie Eiiglisk Cherrij. This is the most com- 

 mon in our country. 



The Blciek Hear', is tlie most common of the 

 finer sorts, and is Ihe most valuable, because a 

 free and full bearer. It is commonly eaten ton 

 early, because persons suppose it ripe as soon 

 s it is red and pleasant. It should be left till 



Europe 

 We shall in order to facilitate the extension ] it is quite black 

 of ihis sort of knnwleilge among our farmers,! The IVhiie Heart. This is a general name 

 subjoin a list of some of the best Peaches, Cher- j a(i|ilied to tivo or three species. They are 



ries, Apples and Pears, by the names under 

 which they are known in Europe, and in the 

 Southern States. 



PEACHES. 



The Aune peach, commonly called the Early 



li'ilinguished by some as the Lnke-!s;ard and the 

 Bigarou. The latter is the French name, and 

 Ihe several cherries under that name, are bet- 

 ter described by French writers. 



It is a large, beautiful fruit, less inclined to 



last of March. 



There are at least fi!\v sorts of good apples, 

 be-;des those above specified ; wc have only no- 

 ticed those, which would be the most extensive- 

 ly U'^eful as winter fruits. We have selected 

 iho-^p vbicb Will always command a price in 

 market. 



PE.\RS. 



This is a fruit remarkably well adapted to the 

 climale of Massachusetts. It is much to be 

 doubted whether any country in the world pro- 

 duces finer pears than have been raised iu this 

 stale. 



But Ihe cultivation of them has been in a 

 great degree confined to Ihe vicinily of the me- 

 Iropolis. V/e probalily have in this slate near- 

 Iv every good variety of pear known in Fiance. 

 We mention France, because iu that country, 

 more successful attention has been paid to this 

 fruit, than in any country in the world. To the 



Ann. is a very fine fruit, ripens late in Aiigu'f. ! bear freely, and more liable to destruction by; Hugonots who fled from Frafice on the revoca- 

 Tlie White Magdalen is a good peach, but fit-' molslure. lion of the edict of Naniz, we owe almost all 



ter for a wall, or a very sheltered 6ituation,than i 'Fhe Black Tartarian Cherry, is a noble fruit, ! the fine pears we have. They are to be traced 

 ns a standard. It ripens in August. | and a very good bearer. { to llie gardens planted and owned by them. — 



The Rid jMui^dalen is an excellent peach, and i Scions of all these sorts may be easily procur- Although there are near an hundred species of 

 ripens in September. [6(1 by applying to any of the Trustees of the varieties of pear cultivated in France, yet there 



are not more than ten or twelve which we 

 should recommend to general cullivation. 



We would observe, however, that Ihe farmers 



The JVoblesse is a large, fine, peach, ripens Massachusclls Agricultural Society. Besides 



early in September, 



The Old A^cwingion, is a clingstone, and is 

 very high flavoured. It ripens late in Septem- 

 ber. 



The S's.ialch is a fine peach ; ripens early in 

 September. 



The Catherine, sometimes called the •Creen 

 Catherine, is a very tine peach ; rijiens in Sep- 

 tember. 



The Lemon Clingstone is a large, late, bul 

 beautiful and high liavourcd peach. It ripens 

 Ihe last of Sejilember, and beginning of Octo- 

 ber. 



The Vanguard is also a good peach; ripens 

 about the middle of Seplemlier. 



The Blood Peach might sell for preserving. 

 If makes a beautiful preserve 

 a great bearer. 



the above there are seieral varieties of the 

 Mazard, or natural cherry, which are very ex 



cellent fruits, and valuable for being later than i who live near great towns, may very usefully 

 the others. They are generally li.irdier trees, I and profitably extend the culture of pears be- 



and will bcir neglect better than the finer sort.': 



This fruit being loo generally considered only 

 as atloidiiig a beverage, our firiners are apt to 

 be indifleient to the species which they raise. 

 The nalural liuits, it is line, often make the 

 best cider, but it is not uncommon to see a farm- 

 er who may make twenty or filly barrels of ci- 

 der, unable to pick out a single barrel of fine ' to market 



yond those who live at a greater dislance. 



In the remoler part- of Ihe sl,ile il might how- 

 ever be Ihoughl worlh while lo plant a tree, 

 the hardiest and most long lived of any fruit 

 tree, with which we are acquaiuled, even if it 

 only served to add an innocent luxury to the 

 table of the farmer. Those who live williiu 

 thirty miles of a market-town might bring all 

 their winter, and many of their summer pears 



ap|)lcs which he can pretierve to a time when 



he wants them most, the spring of the year. 



It is hardy and J when they are as salutary as they are agreeable. 



I The scions of apples may be prc)cure<l and sent 



Here we would remark, that the habitual 

 negligence with which every t-pecies of fruit is 

 brought to market, is extremely to be lamented. 

 It is almost fatal to the sale. It diminishes both 



.'\ll these Peaches maybe obtained of any ' to any di^^tance in March, and till the tenth of' the demand and the price. There are two 



' April, and if well taken care of, by being plung-'grc!!' fiiulls on this head. The one is, that the 

 ed in clay or moist earth, they may be inserted ! fruit is gathered unripe, under the pretence thirt 

 from the twentielh of' March to the tenth of ! if ripe it would not bear transporlalion. The 

 June. Any farmer fnight soon learn the art of j o'her is, that it is thrown negligently into great 

 engrafting, and their old orchards will furnisli , "lasses, without the least trouble or arrange- 

 stocks. Trees are often jireserved and renewed "lent, and Ihen hurried over bad roads to town, 

 by heading them down and grafting them, if this "'"■'■'^ ■' is left exposed to the snn and flies, 

 is done judiciously. which soon destroy uot only its appearance biji 



'.its flavour and value. 



nursery-men in IVeiv York, or at Flushing, Long- 

 Island, of Wm. and B. Prince, and buds may be 

 had of most of the gentlemen in this neighbor- 

 hood. 



CHl.r.llJES. 



There are but few kinds of this fruit, which 

 merit general cultivation. The curious horti- 

 oultui-alist may collect fifteen or twenty sorts, 



