1855. 



NEW EXGL.\ND FARMER. 



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EARLY SWEET BOUGH APPLE. 



SWEET HARVEST — AUGUST S^\'EETING — YELLOW BOUGH. 



Fruit nearly round, sometimes a little longer on 

 one side than on the other, and in size from medi- 

 um to large. Skin smooth, taking a damp, sticky 

 polish. Color, greenish-yellow, with a pale dull 

 blush on one side, spotted with small dark brown 

 si)ots and little patches of russet. Stalk, short and 

 slender, rarely extending close to the level of the 

 ridge of the ca^■ity in which it is set, Avhich is deep 

 and cylindrical. Flesh, white, tender and sweet ; 

 neither very rich nor juicy, but very pleasant to the 

 taste ; when over-ripe it becomes rather dry and 

 mealy. Calyx, narrow and deep, extending tube- 

 like into the heart of the fruit. Ri]5cns in August 

 in Massachusetts ; is hardy, bears well in light soils, 

 and Cole says is the "l)est early sweet apple 

 known." It is too sweet for pies or sauce, but is an 

 excellent baking or table ap])le. 



The apple from which tlie above engraving was 

 sketched grew in the fine garden of our fellow- 

 townsman, W. ^V. Wheh-hox, Esq. Mr. W., though 

 engaged in conducting a newspaper and printing- 

 house, finds time to direct the affiiirs of one of the 

 finest gardens in our neighborhood, and to culti- 

 vate many varieties of the best fruits and flowers. 

 He Mill please accept our thanks for this and other 



specimens of fruits, which we have had sketched, 

 and shall present at some future time. 



For the New England Fanner, 



FINE SQUASHES. 



I saw at the Exhibition in Haverhill, six squashes 

 of the crook-necked variety, said to weigh on an 

 average 30 lbs., as handsome as any squashes I 

 have ever seen. I learn that their meat was fine 

 grain and su])erior for cooking. I had the curiosi- 

 ty to inquire of Mr. I). Buxton, Jr., of S. Danvers, 

 who presented them, how they More reared. He 

 said these, with others to the amomit of 400 lbs., 

 as he judged, all grew on two vines. They grew 

 in one corner of his onion field, with no other ex- 

 tra attention, cxcejit one bushel of good mamu-e in 

 the hill. They were all tluis jjlanted, and all the 

 plants in the hill excej)! the one most vigorous were 

 taken out. Care was taken to kee]) tlie lings away, 

 and the jiroduct was at least 'JOO ]l)s. to a liill-— 

 worth at lowest estimate, one cent per 11). — all this 

 on a space not exceeding one rod of land. This 

 shows what can be done by careful cultivation. So 

 great was the admiration of these scpiashes, that 

 Mr. H. left them in the keeping of tlie door-keeper 

 at the Hall, that Haverliill might have the benefit 

 of the seed. T. 



S. Danvers, Oct., 1855. 



