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late summer apple ; Sops of Wine, August to September ; and 

 Williams's Favorite, August. 



Autumn Apples. — Autumn Swaar, known as " Sweet Swaar," 

 ripe in October and November; Cooper, October to Decem- 

 ber,- Fall Pippin, October to December; Gravenstein, Septem- 

 ber to October ; Hawley, September to October ; Jewett's Red ; 

 Maiden's Blush, September to October; Northern Sweet, an ex- 

 cellent sweet apple ; Porter, September ; Republican Pippin ; 

 St. Lawrence, October ; Spice Sweet, September ; and Superb 

 Sweet, September to October. 



Winter Apples. — American Golden Russet ; Baldwin ; Baily 

 Sweet, (superior,) October to January; Blue Pearmain, very 

 popular in market from October to January ; Bellflower, Yel- 

 low, November to April ; Belmont, October to February ; Dan- 

 vers Winter Sweet, keeps till April ; Dutch Mignonne, Novem- 

 ber to March; Fameuse, November to January ; Hubbardston 

 Nonesuch, November to January ; Jonathan, November to April ; 

 Lady Apple, November to May, sells for the highest prices in 

 market ; Lady's Sweet, November to May ; Mother, November 

 to January; Norton's Melon, (superior,) October to April; 

 Northern Spy, a superior apple, retaining its freshness of flavor 

 and appearance till July ; Newtown Pippin, November to June ; 

 Peck's Pleasant, November to April ; Pomme Grise, November 

 to April ; Rambo, keeps till February ; Red Canada, November 

 to May ; Rhode Island Greening ; Russet, Golden American ; 

 Swaar, November to May; Seek-no-farther, November to 

 February; Spitzenburg ^Esopus, November to April; Spit- 

 zenburg Newton; Tallman Sweeting, November to April; 

 Wagener, December to May ; Willow Twig, long keeper ; White 

 Winter Calville, November to March. 



Apples for Ornament or Preserving. — Red Siberian Crab, 

 and Large do., ripe from September to October ; Yellow Sibe- 

 rian Crab, and Large Yellow Crab; and the Double Flowering 

 China, a beautiful ornamental tree. 



Pears. — Very little attention has been given to the cultiva- 

 tion of this most delicious and desirable fruit. If you will 

 prepare your soil by supplying such manurial specifics as are 

 requisite, such as bone dust, ashes, salt, lime, &c, you may be 



