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Greening,' for instance, ripens and casts its fruit so early 

 here as to become a Fall apple, and but few are gathered 

 from the trees for Winter. The ' Alexander,' with us, is 

 an early Fall apple, and the far-famed ' Esopus Spitzen- 

 burg' is here a shy bearer, and an unj^rofitable variety to 

 cultivate. Even the ' Baldwin' and the 'Eoxbury Eusset' 

 mature too early, and do not keep so well as Avhen culti- 

 vated further I^orth and in cooler soils. The 'Belmont,' 

 a favorite apple in Northern and Eastern Ohio, with us is 

 subject to crack open, and rot upon the tree in some sea- 

 sons. 



" With ordinary care and culture, the apple thrives well 

 in all parts of our State, and, with the exception of the 

 grape, is the most certain bearer of any of our fruits. 

 The following list comprises the most favorite varieties 

 cultivated in this section. 



" Summer Varieties. — Benoni, Bohanon, Drap d'Or, 

 Carolina Sweet, Early Bough, Early Harvest, Gravenstein, 

 Maiden's Blush, Eed Astrachan, Strawberry, Summer 

 Eose, Summer Pearmain, Summer Queen. 



'^ Fall Yarieties. — Alexander, Belmont, Cooper, Fal- 

 lawalder, Fall Pippin, Golden Eusset, Jersey Sweeting, 

 Monmouth Pippin, Porter, Eambo, Ehode Island Green- 

 ing, AYine. 



" Winter Varieties. — Baldwin, Black Apple, Cannon 

 Pearmain, Danver's Winter Sweet, German Pippin, Jona- 

 than, Lady Apple, London Sweet, Michael Henry Pippin, 

 Newtown Spitzenburg, Eoman Stem, Ortley, Pryor's Eed, 

 Eambo, Eome Beauty, Swaar, White Winter Pearmain, 

 Wine Sap, Yellow Bellflower, Yellow Newtown Pi2)pin, 

 AVhite Pippin, Black Gilliflower. 



" The 'JSTorthern Sp}^' and a few other celebrated varie- 

 ties give fair promise of doing well here." 



This apple needs a rich soil, high culture and constant 

 growth, to produce fair fruit, as the tree grows old. 

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