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LIST OF APPLES. 



"NVk arc often requested to give a choice list of 

 apples and other fruits ; but a great difficulty attends 

 the subject, as different varieties are suited to differ- 

 ent climates, and to different purposes. The Bald- 

 win is the most popular winter apple in this section, 

 but it has less value in the northern part of New 

 England, while the Ribstone Pij)pin, which is not 

 worth cultivating here, succeeds well in Elaine, and 

 perhaps it may be valuable in other northern regions. 

 Some fruits are fine for the garden, being of the best 

 quality ; but they may be of small size, and the tree 

 a poor grower or bearer, so that they would not be 

 profitable for the market. Yet there are some fruits 

 that are generally good in different sections, and for 

 various purposes. 



SUMMER APPLES. 



Red Astrachan, Williams, Sweet Bough, Cole's 

 Quince, Foundling, Summer Rose, Manomet Sweet- 

 ing, Benoni, Golden Sweet. 



The Early Harvest is about a week earlier than 

 any of the above, but it is very uncertain in New 

 England, being liable to crack and blast ; yet it may 

 be worthy the attention of amateurs. 



The Summer Rose is a beautiful and excellent 

 apple for the garden, but rather small for the market. 

 Williams requires a strong, rich soil, and with high 

 culture it is very large, beautiful, and salable. It is 

 a moderate bearer. Cole's Quince succeeds well in 

 Maine, its native state, and we have disseminated it 

 widely for experiment. It is a good grower, a con- 

 stant and good bearer, of a large size, of superior 

 quality for cooking, and when thoroughly ripe and 

 mellow, very fine for the table. Sweet Bough flour- 

 ishes well in all parts of the country, and is excel- 

 lent. ^Lanomct Sweeting is new and very promis- 

 ing, and is later than Sweet Bough. 



FALL APPLES. 



Benoni and Manomet extend into autumn. Gold- 

 en Sweet, a very fine apple, comes into use the lat- 

 ter part of August, and continues nearly throiigh 

 September. The following are valuable : — 



Richardson, Bars, Early Joe, Mexico, Garden 

 Royal, Long Stem, Superb Sweet, Porter, Sassafras 



Sweeting, Gravenstein, Magnolia, Jewett's Red, 

 Ilubbardston Nonsuch, Mother, Hurlburt, 



Richardson is a large and excellent fruit, moderate 

 grower, not yet well tested. Bars has not been ex- 

 tensively tested, but it is a good grower, and the fruit 

 is beautiful and fine. Early Joe is a beautiful and 

 first-rate dcsseit fruit, but should be eaten as they 

 come from the tree, ilexico is handsome and excel- 

 lent, but a very slow grower indeed. Gai'dcn Royal 

 is among the very finest dessert apples, well adapted 

 to the garden, but rather smiall for market. I-ong 

 Stem is a good grower, fair fruit, and of a very high 

 character; new and promising. Superb Sweet is a 

 fine grower, good bearer, the fruit handsome, tender, 

 and rich ; not extensively cultivated, but very prom- 

 ising. Porter and Gravenstein have their characters 

 well established as highly valuable fruits, both for 

 the dessert and kitchen. They are adapted to differ- 

 ent climates and locations. Sassafras is one of the 

 finest autumnal sweet apples. Magnolia is a new 

 and very promising fruit, not j"et well tested. Jew- 

 ett's Red is an excellent apple for the dessert, but it 

 requires very high culture, else the fruit will be im- 

 perfect. Ilubbardston Nonsuch is one of the very 

 best late fall apples for the market. It is large and 

 fair, and very popular. Mother is also a late fall 

 apple of the very highest character, and promising as 

 to its habits, but Jiot yet well tested. Hurlburt is 

 one of the very best apples, late in full and early in 

 w inter. It is a good bearer, and the best and largest 

 grower that we have among a variety of sixty or sev- 

 enty in the nursery. It grows more rapidly than the 

 Baldwin, which is famous for this quality. 



WINTER AND SPUING APPLES. 



Iklothcr and Hurlburt are early winter apples. 

 The following are considered very valuable varieties : 

 Rhode Island Greening, Danvcrs Winter Sweet, 

 Baldwin, Sutton Beauty, American Golden Russet, 

 Ribston Pippin, Seavcr Sweet, Red Russet, Roxbury 

 Russet, Ladies, Sweeting, Northern Spy, Table 

 Greening. 



Some ciiltivators consider the lihodc Island Green- 

 ing one of the best of apples, but many complaia 

 that it does not yield so much fair fruit as the Bald- 

 win. As it has been somewhat neglected, the fruit 



