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tion and had many notes on the apple, which I unfortunately can not 

 now find. I find allusions by Mr. J. W. Day, a large fruit-grower, 

 to the Buckingham, a seedling brought by him from Anna, 111.; a 

 large, flat, red apple, yellow fleshed ; also the Benoni (a summer 

 variety, red striped), introduced by him, bearing at three years old 

 from the bud. But of all the surprising information I got on apples 

 was that from Doctor McKay, the "Strawberry King," already men- 

 tioned. He told me that the Russet family, in his latitude, Madi- 

 son, Miss., succeeds better than in latitude 40, especially the Rox- 

 bury Russet. I confess to having been amazed at this, and it opens 

 a field to the South that surely some very considerable number of 

 apple raisers will occupy ere long. Possibly it may not be news to 

 some southern apple raisers, but it will be to a great many. When 

 it becomes known generally that the South can raise superb Newton 

 Pippins and Roxbury Russets, one hardly knows what better can be 

 said. 



As to the Ben Davis in parts of Mississippi (likely elsewhere), 

 such superb apples can be raised that the average Ben Davis bears 

 no comparison with it. Here, too, is a field, and the people who 

 plant large orchards of this variety will take time by the forelock 

 and do a smart thing. It is the apple of great demand everywhere, 

 and particularly South. It will be a good deal earlier here than 

 North and West. 



The Red Astrachan, South, is far superior to the fruit in any 

 other location I have seen. 



A very choice apple belt is in the clays of Northwest Louisiana. 

 And part of Arkansas now is effectively advertised as "The Land of 

 the Big Red Apple." 



Of course, I have omitted a good many varieties of apples that 

 are successful in many places South, and I have named varieties that 

 may not succeed in a number of localities. I have aimed mainly to 

 show that the South is naturally a fine apple country, and that there 

 is a great future for it. The next quarter of a century will teem with 

 revelations as to the production of this fruit in the South. 



