68 VARIETIES OF FRUITS. 



to assume a risk in selection, which, in some cases, has 

 been well rewarded, while in many others it has failed. 

 The record of one dealer is, that " out of one hundred 

 thousand apple trees, comprising varieties such as North- 

 ern Spy, Fall Pippin, etc., sold by him and planted in 

 Minnesota, not one hundred remained at the expiration 

 of ten years." 



It may be this is an extreme case ; but certainly the 

 failures have been more numerous than the successes, un- 

 til many have said our Northwestern States were not 

 adapted to the growth of any but the small fruits, such as 

 currants, gooseberries, etc., etc. Enthusiasm, careful 

 observation and perseverance, however, in this, as in all 

 pursuits, is destined to secure success ; and to this end 

 we find the fruit growers, both professional and amateur, 

 of the Northwest have, during the past few years, devo- 

 ted themselves so assiduously that the exhibition tables of 

 Horticultural Societies have this past season been sup- 

 plied with a new class of apples, which, while they have 

 not the size of a large proportion of old named varieties 

 of the Pyrus mains, possess richness of flesh and eatable 

 quality almost, if not quite, equaling them ; and from 

 their botanical character in tree the Pyrus baccata a 

 hardihood that insures success to the planter. 



With the apple, therefore we commence our table list of 

 the varieties we advise mainly to plant. As before said, 

 there are numerous varieties which can be obtained, but 

 many of them have only a local reputation of experience 

 touching their value. 



The abbreviations in the following table of apples, are 



