1857. 



NEW ENGLAND FARMER. 



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FOMME DE NEIGE. 



Fauezse.— Forsyth. 

 Sanguineas. 



The beautiful engraving which we give above, was 

 copied from an original plucked by us from a tree 

 in the garden of President Wheeler, at Burling- 

 ton, Vt. in September last. Is it not a gem ? The 

 artist has most faithfully sketched every peculiarity 

 in spur, leaf and fruit, and made it almost the liv- 

 ing thing which we saw hanging so gracefully and 

 invitingly on the tree. The name of the Artist, 

 JoH^" N. Hyde, ought to go with his sketch, and 

 we find pleasure in bringing them together. 



The Pommede Neige, or "Snow Apple," is a cel- 

 ebrated Canada fruit, and takes its name from the 

 snow-white color of its flesh. The tree is hardy, of 

 a pendent, graceful form, bears regularly, but not 

 profusely, and the fruit is in eating in October and 

 November. 



Fruit, medium size, roundish, somewhat flattened. 

 Skin with a pale greenish yellow, mixed with faint 

 streaks of pale red on the shady side, but marked 

 with blotches and short stripes of darker red, and 

 becoming a deep red in the sun. Stalk quite slen 

 der, half an inch long, planted in a narrow funnel 



shaped cavity. Calyx small, and set in a shallow, 

 rather narrow basin. Flesh remarkably white, very 

 tender, juicy and good, with a slight perfume. 



The Old Wood Fire. — People who have seen 

 an old fashioned wood fire, will recognize the truth 

 of the description of "Peter Parley," as follows : — 



"The fuel was supplied from the wood lot — sweet 

 scented hickory, snapping chestnut, odoriferous 

 oak, and 'reeking, fizzling ash.' It was a goodly 

 sight to see these stalwart products of the forest 

 laid in large piles, all alive with sap, on the tall, 

 gaunt andirons. You might have thought you 

 heard John Rogers and his family at the stake, by 

 their plaintive simmerings. The building of a fire 

 was a real architectural achievement favored by the 

 wide yawning fire-place, and was always begun at 

 daybreak. There was first a backlog from fifteen 

 to four-and-twenty inches in diameter, and five feet 

 long, embedded in the ashes ; then came a toj) log, 

 then a fore stick, then a middle stick, and then a 

 heap of kindlings reaching from the boAvels down 

 to the bottom. A-top of all was a heap of smaller 

 fragments, artfully adjusted, with spaces for the 



