THE HUBBARDSTON NONSUCH APPLE. 



HuBBAKDSTON NoNSUCH. Keiirick's American Orchardist, 1st Ed. 1832. 



The Hubbardston Nonsuch holds the same place 

 among early winter apples, that the Baldwin does 

 among the later ones, or the Porter among the au- 

 tumn varieties. Of large si^e, beautiful appearance, 

 and rich flavor, it possesses a combination of all the 

 qualities of the finest apples. Nor does its excellence 

 stop here ; for the tree is a good grower, with large 

 and handsome fohage, and in every stage of its growth, 

 whether in the nursery row, or when it has attained a 

 matm-e age, possesses a stately and symmetrical habit. 

 It is also one of our hardiest sorts, surpassing, in this 

 respect, the Baldwin ; it thrives well in various parts of the country, 

 and in the Western states, where some of our New England apples 

 have been affected with what is called the bitter rot, the Hubbardston 

 Nonsuch has been declared " first rate in every particular." 



This fine apple was introduced to notice by Capt. Hyde, of Newton, 

 one of our oldest nurserymen, upwards of thirty years ago, who pro- 

 cured scions, and distributed a gi-eat number of trees from his nursery 

 long before its merits were generally known. It originated in the town 

 of Hubbardston in this State, and was first described by Mr. Kenrick, in 

 the first edition of the American Orchardist, nearly twenty years ago. It 

 is not yet very extensively disseminated, but as it becomes better known, 

 it will undoubtedly occupy a prominent place in every good orchard. 



The Hubbardston Nonsuch in the orchard bears a full crop only in 

 alternate, or what are usually termed bearing, yeai^s, and a small crop 

 in the intermediate years. The fruit, though always handsome, is 

 greatly improved by high cultivation, being then unusually large and 

 brilhantly colored, as represented in our drawing. Its season of ripen- 

 ing is usually from November to February ; but it may be kept in a 

 cool cellar till March, in very good condition, though at the sacrifice of 

 most of its fine flavor. 



Tree. — ^Mgorous, upright, with regularly curved branches, the ends 

 erect; when full grown, making a uniform and moderately spreading 

 head. 



Wood. — Brownish chestnut, sprinkled with whitish specks, moder- 

 ately strong, and not very long-jointed ; annual shoots rather slender, 

 long, and very downy at the ends : Buds, rather small, short, and little 

 flattened. 



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