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in all good soils not wet. Yalued as a dessert fruit. 

 Flesh, white, tender, crisp, sjn-ightly, sweet." — Elliott. 

 " Abundant bearer, sweet, rich flavored." — Barry. 



For the descriptions of the remainder, we refer the 

 reader to the several names in their proper places in 

 this work. 



FRUITS OF OHIO. 

 Statement of E. Buchanan, A. H. Ernst, and J. A. War- 

 der, of Cincinnati, Hamilton county, Ohio, as reported to the 

 American Pomological Society at their annual meeting held at 

 the City of Boston in September, 185-i. 

 " The climate and soil of our State are so varied, and 

 the fruit in culture so numerous, that a report to embrace 

 catalogues to suit each localit}^ would be too voluminous. 

 From Cleveland, on Lake Erie, in the Northeast, to Cin- 

 cinnati, on the Ohio, in the Southwest, a distance of two 

 hundred and fifty miles, there is a difference of near three 

 degrees in latitude, and a great diversity of soil. It is. 

 therefore, difficult to fix a uniform standard of excellence 

 in fruits for the whole State. 



"Loam and clay, intermixed with lime and sand, are 

 the principal components of our soil, often underlaid by 

 a substratum of gravel, and the greater portion of our 

 State is well adapted to the culture of most of the fruits 

 grown in the ]\Iiddle States. 



" The i^resent report will be confined to the Southwest- 

 ern and Central parts of our State. The Northeastern 

 section having been embraced in previous reports. 



APPLES. 



" The average bearing of apple trees, with us, is four 

 out of five years. Many varieties which are highly 

 esteemed further North do not suit the climate and warm 

 limestone soils of Southern Ohio. The 'Ehpde Island 



