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mpound broadciist under and about each tree, and 

 X it thoroughly by means of a cultivator or har- 

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If any of our correspondents can suggest an clTec- 

 il remedy, they will confer a favor, by forwarding 

 publication.— Ed.] 



CULTUKE OF APPLES AT THE WEST. 



[Continued from the January number.] 



Domine. — A good grower, bears early and abun- 

 nt crops of medium to large size, and often well 

 ored specimens. This must become one of our 

 it valuable maj-Uet fruits, not always of tlie firt^t 

 ality, but being an abundant and regular bearer, 

 i strong claims as a market apple; succeeds well on 

 western soils. In use from December to February. 

 fButter, [Sweet Belljlower.) — This is a well knowij 

 d popular apple among our Southern customer.^. 

 1 is the first apple called for by them. It is used e.\ 

 ■isively in manufactui'ing apple butter, which is rc- 

 larily served up on most tables of the IJoosiers; 

 t you New York folks know but little of the plea- 

 es derived over a good dish of apple butter; henrp 

 I name. Flat, often oblong, flattened at the base, 

 aetimes flushed on one side with a yellow ground, 

 ih yellowish, juicy, and slightly sub-acid, a medium 

 »wer, is not an apple worthy of general cultivation 

 ;ept for the purposes above specified. 

 iPeck's Pleasant, large, often flattened in large 

 loples, green, becoming yellow at maturity. A first 

 S3 apple, bears abundantly, but not as early as 

 ny varieties, succeeds well in our loose porous soil, 

 )ject to the bitter rot when grown on the prairies, 

 ould be jfl every Western collection. 

 JVewtoivn Spitzenburg, (ox-eye,) of Ohio and In- 

 ina, an upright good grower with numerous slender 

 e shoots, wood profusely speckled with small light 

 ,ored grayish dots, a moderate and regular bearer. 

 dom bearing large crops. This is the fruit grown 

 Western New Tork as Vandevere. We have seen 

 rrels of them about Lockport under this name. 

 Jannex. — F. R. Elliot's description : Fruit me- 

 im, round, flattened yellow ground, mostly striped 

 d splashed with red, which often has the appear- 

 ce of a bloom; russet dots and lines; that near the 

 lyx look like the crests of waves; stem long, slen- 

 r, cavity narrow, deep, regular caly.x, small seg- 

 ents erect, basin open regular, not deep; flesh yel- 

 w, tender, slightly sweet, rich aroma; core small, 

 ecember to February. 

 Golden Sweet, a somewhat rapid, but sprawling 



grower; a productive and valiiuhle market fruit; in 

 demand for baking; coming in immedialely after the 

 Sweet Bovgh, and continuing sometime in use ; not 

 as well adapted to the prairies as opening soils, re- 

 quires a soil well supplied with lime to perfect good 

 specimens. 



Talman's Sweet. — Not much cultivated at the 

 West, because not generally known. I have seen it, 

 however, in fine perfection; it is rapidly coming into 

 public favor. 



HavU's Janet. — Medium to small (large at the 

 South); round and regular; flat at the base; splashed 

 and striped with pale red, becoming yellow at matu- 

 rity, with a refreshing juicy and sprightly flavor ; al- 

 ways retains its freshness, and keeps well until May 

 and June, in fact almost the only apple m market af- 

 ter April. The tree is an elegant, upright, good 

 grower, more like the JVorthern Spy than any other 

 fruit, but not quite as upright. I may safely say, 

 that this fruit is the most valuable long keeper yet 

 known; it comes out in bloom two weeks later than 

 any other apple, which places it out of the way of 

 late spring frosts, and enables the tree to bear lai-ge 

 and regular crops. When most other varieties fail, we 

 have a liberal supply of Raulc's Janet. 



Belmont, [Gate or Waxen,) retains its Eastern re- 

 putation, and is truly a very desirable fruit, and 

 should be represented in all Western collections where 

 it can be grown on high opening soil, sometimes in- 

 sipid when grown on low prairies, especially if defi- 

 cient in lime; it is all that can be claimed in a rich 

 sprightly and refreshing fruit; bears very large crops, 

 each alternate year, and universally sought after by 

 all of its numerous acquaintances; it is a stout heavy 

 grower, and rather scrubby in growth, but finally 

 makes a large fine orchard tree; very hardy, not sub- 

 ject to blight. 



American Golden Russett, [Sheep-7iose, ^-c.) — 

 Small, roundish, ovate, slightly russeted on a bright 

 yellow surface, often with marks and splashes of red 

 on the exposed side; flesh tender, melting and fine, 

 in keeping until March and April, when it is a very 

 desirable table fruit; a slow grower in the nursery, 

 but a moderate and regular bearer. 



JVorthern Spy. — I am sony to say, this very popu- 

 lar, and in New Tork, highly esteemed apple, does 

 not (and there are doubts whether it ever will) main- 

 tain the high reputation which it has gained as being 

 the "ne plus ultra" of long keeping, and market fruits ; 

 it is all that can be desired as a nursery tree, grows 

 beautifully and sells well, but is very tardy in coming 

 into bearing, and then only about one half the speci- 



