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off the dead wood and limbs that cross each other. I have 

 found by sad experience that it is injurious to trim after the 

 sap begins to flow. The last day of June may be as good a 

 time, but we are apt to be more busy, and in fields that are 

 in grass it is not so convenient. The wormy fruit I sell or 

 make into cider. 



The ten or more varieties of apples to cultivate in this 

 county, are : 1, the Red Astrachan, — an early variety, a good 

 bearer, and good for market; 2, Williams Favorite, — a very 

 showy apple, a good bearer, and finds ready market ; 3, Grav- 

 enstcin, — a very superior apple, but not a great bearer, or 

 very salable fruit ; 4, Porter, — profitable for cultivation, and 

 a good bearer; 5, Hubbardston, — a very superior apple, a 

 great bearer, and in eating just before the Baldwin, one of 

 the best; 6, Hurlburt, — a very good apple, and worthy of 

 extensive cultivation, resembling the Gravenstein ; 7, Danvers 

 Sweet, — a very good sweet apple, though it water-cores in 

 some soils ; 8, Sudbury Sweet, — a very superior apple for 

 baking, or boiled in molasses water, after paring and taking 

 out the cores ; I always found a ready market for it; 9, Ed- 

 wards Russet, — a very good apple, large size, and a great 

 bearer; it bears every year with me; 10, Baldwin, — a very 

 good apple, and will recommend itself, though I think it af- 

 fected by cold winters more than almost any other variety ; 

 11, Ramsdell's Red, — a very showy apple, resembling the 

 Williams Favorite ; a very great bearer, good eating, and 

 good for market ; 12, Rhode Island Greening, — a very sala- 

 ble fruit ; I think it requires a very strong soil ; it does not 

 bear as well with me as I should like ; 13, Fall Harvey, — a 

 good apple for cooking or table, and of excellent flavor where 

 the soil suits it ; I find great difference in that respect ; 14, 

 Ladies' Sweet, — a very good apple, and valuable for its late 

 keeping ; a great bearer. 



The five or more varieties which are best for the table, are, 

 Williams Favorite, Porter, Gravenstein, Hubbardston, Hurl- 

 burt, and Baldwin. I find that to raise good apples they 

 must be well taken care of, and the better they are cultivated 

 the better apples you will get ; and I have learned by my own 

 experience, and that of my neighbors, not to sow small grains 

 among them, and allow them to ripen among them. It is 



