60 VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



is best for the grower, has given him many hours of 

 thought. It is not presumed that the lists given will meet 

 every man's ideas, but it is assumed that the varieties 

 named are among the best and the longest tested as to 

 hardihood and productive value, and therefore best for 

 him who wants to plant for profit or his own use. The 

 amateur can expend money and time perhaps to good ad- 

 vantage for his own knowledge, and that of others, if he 

 has the courtesy to publish what he has learned. The 

 leading nurserymen are alive to the subject matter, and 

 ready to supply buds, grafts or small trees of sorts new, 

 and sent out as exceedingly valuable. 



THE APPLE. 



We count the Apple as the King of fruits, because it is 

 more generally known and used than any other. Apples 

 are considered more nutricious than potatoes, indeed, 

 many go so far as to think that they contain more brain 

 ooji than any other fruit or vegetable. However that 

 may be, they certainly exert a healthful influence upon the 

 whole system when eaten raw or cooked in the most sim- 

 ple manner. When compounded with butter, eggs and 

 flour, they are far less wholesome than when baked or 

 steamed. Apples nicely baked and served with cream 

 are a delicious dish, and an ingenious housekeeper can 

 easily devise numerous ways of preparing them for the 

 table. Many methods have been suggested for keeping 

 apples in a good condition through the winter. One is to 



