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Bolmar's Washington. — Has weighed four ounces?; color greenish 

 yellow, with crimson specks; flesh yellow, firm, sweet and delicious 

 ■ — ripe in September. 



White Magnum Bonum^ White Mogul, White Holland, Egg Plum, 

 Yellow Magnum Bonum. — Fine size; skin yellow, covered with 

 white bloom; flesh yellow, rich, firm, and excellent for cooking or 

 preserving — ripe in September. 



Red Magnum Bonum, Red Imperial, Purple Egg. — Size large; 

 deep red color, covered with blue bloom, flesh hard and acid; excel- 

 lent for cooking and preserves — ripe in September. 



Princess Orange Egg. — A large beautiful orange-colored fruit; 

 flavor rich — ripe in August. 



B. G. BOSWELL. 

 Mew-York, March, 1844. 



[For the Farmers' Club.] 



Seedling Fruit Trees. 



It must be apparent to the most casual observer that many of our 

 old and valuable varieties of fruit are becoming extinct, like almost 

 everything, they seem to run out. The genuine golden pippin it is 

 said cannot be found either in Europe or America. Trees of the 

 Esopus Spitzenberg are dying every where, even in the new and fertile 

 soil of the west. The newtown pippin, morello cherry and butter 

 pear of Pennsylvania, are much degenerated generally. 



The fruit growers of the west have done good service in bringing 

 out many valuable varieties of fruit from the seed. This was done 

 from necessity, not choice. When the west was first settled it was 

 difficult to procure trees from the east, many were raised from seed 

 and suffered to come into bearing. From these seedlings many choice 

 varieties of apples, pears and peaches have been selected, that in 

 quality will vie with the best fruits of any country. 

 ^: In the old States some new fruits have been produced. The Porter 

 apple and Hubbardston nonesuch, bring the very highest prices in the 

 Boston market. The late Mr. Manning of Salem, Mass., produced 

 six new and valuable varieties of cherries from the seed. Hovey's 

 new seedling strawberry is now cultivated in almost every state in 

 the Union. The Rip Van Winkle pear, summer Spitzenberg apple 

 and winter Bolmar plum are valuable additions to our fruit culture, 

 and are found at the nursery of Charles Hamilton, Canterbury, 

 Orange Co., N. Y. The Tippecanoe and Eastburn's choice peaches, 

 and a few other new varieties in the vicinity of Philadelphia, are 

 now taking the place of the old kinds. 



The hollow core pippin and Gates apple of Ohio will supply the 

 places of the Newtown and golden pippins. The Ohio pearmain, 

 lemon pippin and Pryor red apples, and the Burlinghame pear equal 

 any thing in the way of fruit found in our own State. 



